The
AE
Incidence Screen
report screens all
adverse events
by performing a
Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel exact test
on all 2 x 2 tables constructed from event incidence and treatment
arm
. Output one or more
volcano plots
of risk differences when using default settings. However, plots of relative risks or odds ratios can be generated depending on the selected option for the
X-Axis for Volcano Plot
. If
Study ID
varies among the subjects for analysis, the test is stratified by
Study ID
.
Running
AE Incidence Screen
using the
Nicardipine
sample setting with the following modifications:
The
Report
contains the following elements:
Presents a
Data Filter
and a
Volcano Plot
with the
adverse events
summarized at the selected
Group Level
. .
The
Body System or Organ Class Results
section contains the following elements:
This
Volcano Plot
displays
adverse events
summarized at the selected
Group Level
by
Trial Time Windows
(if specified). The
X
axis is chosen from
X-Axis for Volcano Plot
. In this example, the plot uses the difference in proportions between the treatments (
Risk Difference
). Other options include the
log
2
(Relative Risk
), which represents a doubling of the event rate for every one unit of change on the
X
axis, or the
log
2
(Odds Ratio
), which represents a doubling of the odds of an event for every one unit of change on the
X
axis.
The
Y
axis represents the -log
10
(Raw
p-value
). To interpret this axis, consider the following.
1. a
p
-value of 1 equals 0 on the -log
10
scale,
2. a
p
-value of 0.1 equals 1 on the -log
10
scale,
3. a
p
-value of 0.01 equals 2 on the -log
10
scale,
4. a
p
-value of 0.001 equals 3 on the -log
10
scale,
5. a
p
-value of 0.0001 equals 4 on the -log
10
scale.
In short, the smaller the
p
-value, the larger the number on the
Y
axis (
Y
can be thought of as the number of decimal places or number of zeros). Adverse events that are considered statistically significant while adjusting for multiple comparisons are above the dashed red line. This line is determined based on the selected
Multiple Testing Method
. The testing method considers the adverse event
Group Level
if
Perform Double FDR Adjustment
is checked.
p
-Value is from a
Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel exact test
. If
Study ID
varies among the subjects for analysis, the test is stratified by
Study ID
.
Bubble size
is an indicator of the total number of subjects experiencing the event. Because numerous adverse events could be represented at the
Group Level
, the most statistically significant individual term defined at the
Term Level
within each
Group Level
by
Trial Time s
(if specified) is presented on this tab. Because
Trial Time s
are defined, a
Group Level
bubble is presented separately for each time .
By default,
Group Level
and
Trial Time s
(if specified) are presented.
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Dot Plot
: Click
to display several statistics used to describe binary outcomes. For all terms that fall under selected groups (here, Vascular Disorders and Renal and Urinary Disorders), a dot plot that presents the rates of adverse events by treatment, the relative risk, the risk difference, and odds ratio, is created. The figure can be sorted based on the magnitudes of a particular statistic and is another way of ordering events by severity.
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Relative Risk Plot
: Click
to create a relative risk plot and relative risk table for selected terms or for all terms that fall under selected groups (here, Vascular Disorders and Renal and Urinary Disorders). In the plot, rates of adverse events by treatment, the log
2
(relative risk) and unadjusted 95% confidence intervals are presented. (Confidence intervals do
not
account for the
Multiple Testing Method
.) The table presents an alternate view, listing the subject counts experiencing an event and the respective percent of subjects (
in parentheses
) on each treatment
arm
, as well as the relative risk and 95% confidence interval (
in parentheses
) for selected terms (or those terms falling under selected groups).
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Relative Risk Table Example
: For the
Dictionary-Derived Term with Time
Phlebitis [7,12]
,
NIC .15 Count (%)
is listed as
96 (21.5%)
,
Placebo Count (%)
is listed as
20 (4.4%)
, and
Relative Risk (95% CI)
is listed as
4.9 (3.1, 7.8)
. This means that in Days 7 to 12 of the study, 96 subjects on the Nicardipine arm (which is 21.5% of all subjects on Nicardipine), and 20 subjects on the Placebo arm (which is 4.4% of all subjects on Placebo) experienced Phlebitis, with those in the Nicardipine arm 4.9 times more likely than those in the Placebo arm to experience it (with a 95% confidence interval between 3.1 and 7.8 more likely).
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Contingency Analysis
: Click
to create the usual treatment by event contingency table for selected terms or for all terms that fall under selected groups (here, Vascular Disorders, though only Hypotension is presented). Tests do
not
account for the
Multiple Testing Method
.
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Venn Diagram
: Click
to create a
Venn diagram
for up to five selected terms or for terms that fall under selected groups (here, Renal and Urinary Disorders), to show the co-occurrence of adverse events within study subject. Here, we can identify 61 subjects who had Isosthenuria events from days [1,6] and days [7,12].
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Tabulate
: Click
to create a table for selected terms or for all terms that fall under selected groups (here, Vascular Disorders and Renal and Urinary Disorders), showing the co-occurrence of adverse events within study subject. You can further modify the tables to show additional summary statistics. The default view is shown below.
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Contains a data filter and a
Bubble Plot
for each event defined at the
Term Level
for each statistically significant group and time (if present) that appears on the
Body System or Organ Class Results
section if
Perform Double FDR Adjustment
is checked. If
Perform Double FDR Adjustment
is
not
checked, all adverse events at the
Term Level
are presented. Note that the name of this section reflects whatever term is selected as
Term Level
.
The
Dictionary-Derived Term Results
section contains the following elements:
This
Volcano Plot
displays adverse events summarized at the selected
Group Level
by
Trial Time Windows
(if specified). The
X
axis is chosen from
X-Axis for Volcano Plot
. In this example, the plot uses the difference in proportions between the treatments (
Risk Difference
). Other options include the
log
2
(Relative Risk
), which represents a doubling of the event rate for every one unit of change on the
X
axis, or the
log
2
(Odds Ratio
), which represents a doubling of the odds of an event for every one unit of change on the
X
axis.
The
Y
axis represents the
-log
1
0
(Raw
p-value
). To interpret this axis, consider the following.
1. a
p
-value of 1 equals 0 on the -log
10
scale,
2. a
p
-value of 0.1 equals 1 on the -log
10
scale,
3. a
p
-value of 0.01 equals 2 on the -log
10
scale,
4. a
p
-value of 0.001 equals 3 on the -log
10
scale,
5. a
p
-value of 0.0001 equals 4 on the -log
10
scale.
In short, the smaller the
p
-value, the larger the number on the
Y
axis (
y
can be thought of as the number of decimal places or number of zeros). Adverse events that are considered statistically significant while adjusting for multiple comparisons are above the dashed red line. This line is determined based on the selected
Multiple Testing Method
. The testing method considers the adverse event
Group Level
if
Perform Double FDR Adjustment
is checked. The
p
-value is from a
Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel exact test
. If
Study ID
varies among the subjects for analysis, the test is stratified by
Study ID
.
Bubble size
is an indicator of the total number of subjects experiencing the event. Because numerous adverse events could be represented at the
Group Level
, the most statistically significant individual term defined at the
Term Level
within each
Group Level
by
Trial Time s
(if specified) is presented on this tab. Because
Trial Time s
are defined, a
Group Level
bubble is presented separately for each time .
The
Body System or Organ Class Exploding Volcano
section contains the following elements:
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One
Days
slider (
).
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One
Speed
slider (
).
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One
Circle Size
slider (
).
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Contains a data filter and an animation across the time s of the results included on the
Dictionary-Derived Term Results
tab, which presents a separate bubble for each term or time .
The
Dictionary-Derived Term Exploding Volcano
section contains the following elements:
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One
Days
slider (
).
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One
Speed
slider (
).
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One
Circle Size
slider (
).
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Dot Plot
: Click
to create a dot plot for selected terms or for all terms that fall under selected groups, with rates of adverse events by treatment, the relative risk, the risk difference, and the odds ratio presented.
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Relative Risk Plot
: Click
to create a relative risk plot and table for selected terms or for all terms that fall under selected groups, with rates of adverse events by treatment, the log
2
(relative risk) and unadjusted 95% confidence intervals (
Multiple Testing Method
is not applied) presented.
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Odds Ratio Plot
: Click
to create a plot that shows the ratio of the odds for exhibiting a selected event/intervention to the odds for those who do not exhibit the event/intervention and it can be used to estimate the relative risk when the probability of positive response is small.
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Contingency Analysis
: Click
to create the typical treatment by event contingency table for selected terms or for all terms that fall under selected groups.
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Venn Diagram
: Click
to create a
Venn diagram
for up to five selected terms or for terms that fall under selected groups, to show the co-occurrence of adverse events within study subject.
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Tabulate
: Click
to create a table for selected terms or for all terms that fall under selected groups, showing the co-occurrence of adverse events within study subject. You can further modify the tables to show additional summary statistics.
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Click the
Options
arrow to reopen the completed report dialog used to generate this output.
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