simHCE {hce}

Simulate hce object with given event rates of time-to-event outcomes (Weibull), mean and SD of the continuous outcome (normal or log-normal) by treatment group

Description

Simulate hce object with given event rates of time-to-event outcomes (Weibull), mean and SD of the continuous outcome (normal or log-normal) by treatment group

Usage

simHCE(
  n,
  n0 = n,
  TTE_A,
  TTE_P,
  CM_A,
  CM_P,
  CSD_A = 1,
  CSD_P = 1,
  fixedfy = 1,
  yeardays = 360,
  pat = 100,
  shape = 1,
  logC = FALSE,
  seed = NULL
)

Arguments

n

sample size in the active treatment group.

n0

sample size in the placebo group.

TTE_A

event rates per year in the active group for the time-to-event outcomes.

TTE_P

event rates per year in the placebo group for the time-to-event outcomes. Should have the same length as TTE_A.

CM_A

mean value for the continuous outcome of the active group.

CM_P

mean value for the continuous outcome of the placebo group.

CSD_A

standard deviation for the continuous outcome of the active group.

CSD_P

standard deviation for the continuous outcome of the placebo group.

fixedfy

length of follow-up in years.

yeardays

number of days in a year.

pat

scale of provided event rates (per pat-years).

shape

shape of the Weibull distribution for time-to-event outcomes. Default is exponential distribution with shape = 1.

logC

logical, whether to use log-normal distribution for the continuous outcome.

seed

the seed for generating random numbers.

Value

an object of class hce containing the following columns:

• ID subject identifier.

• TRTP planned treatment group - "A" for active, "P" for Placebo.

• GROUP type of the outcome, either "TTE" for time-to-event outcomes or "C" for continuous. Only one continuous outcome is possible, but no restriction on the number of "TTE" outcomes.

• GROUPN order of outcomes in GROUP, with a higher value signifying a better outcome.

• AVALT the timing of the time-to-event outcomes.

• AVAL0 numeric values of the continuous outcome and the timing of "TTE" outcomes.

• AVAL analysis values derived as AVAL0 + GROUPN. For the continuous outcome the values of AVAL0 are shifted to start always from 0.

• seed the seed of the random sample. If not specified in seed argument will be selected based on system time.

• PADY primary analysis day, the length of fixed follow-up in days calculated as yeardays multiplied by fixedfy.

See Also

hce(), as_hce() for the helper a coerce function to hce objects.

Examples

# Example 1
Rates_A <- c(1.72, 1.74, 0.58, 1.5, 1)
Rates_P <- c(2.47, 2.24, 2.9, 4, 6)
dat <- simHCE(n = 2500, TTE_A = Rates_A, TTE_P = Rates_P,
              CM_A = -3, CM_P = -6, CSD_A = 16, CSD_P = 15, fixedfy = 3)
head(dat)

# Example 2
Rates_A <- 10
Rates_P <- 15
dat <- simHCE(n = 1000, n0 = 500, TTE_A = Rates_A, TTE_P = Rates_P, 
              CM_A = 0.1, CM_P = 0, seed = 5, shape = 0.2, logC = TRUE)
summaryWO(dat)