Latent Dirichlet Allocation in predicting clinical trial terminations

S Geletta, L Follett, M Laugerman - BMC medical informatics and decision …, 2019 - Springer
Background This study used natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning (ML)
techniques to identify reliable patterns from within research narrative documents to …

Quantifying risk associated with clinical trial termination: A text mining approach

L Follett, S Geletta, M Laugerman - Information Processing & Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Clinical trials that terminate prematurely without reaching conclusions raise financial, ethical,
and scientific concerns. Scientific studies in all disciplines are initiated with extensive …

Why clinical trials are terminated

TR Pak, MD Rodriguez, FP Roth - BioRxiv, 2015 - biorxiv.org
Background: Evidence-based clinical practice relies on unbiased reporting of negative
results. Meta-analysis of drug safety and efficacy across many clinical trials is difficult given …

Predictive modeling of clinical trial terminations using feature engineering and embedding learning

ME Elkin, X Zhu - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
In this study, we propose to use machine learning to understand terminated clinical trials.
Our goal is to answer two fundamental questions:(1) what are common factors/markers …

Improving clinical trial design using interpretable machine learning based prediction of early trial termination

E Kavalci, A Hartshorn - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
This study proposes using a machine learning pipeline to optimise clinical trial design. The
goal is to predict early termination probability of clinical trials using machine learning …

Terminated trials in the ClinicalTrials. gov results database: evaluation of availability of primary outcome data and reasons for termination

RJ Williams, T Tse, K DiPiazza, DA Zarin - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Clinical trials that end prematurely (or “terminate”) raise financial, ethical, and
scientific concerns. The extent to which the results of such trials are disseminated and the …

[HTML][HTML] Investigators' sense of failure thwarted transparency in clinical trials discontinued for poor recruitment

P Satalkar, S McLennan, BS Elger, E von Elm… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background and Objective When a randomized clinical trial (RCT) prematurely
discontinues, it is essential that stakeholders do the right thing to ensure that lessons can be …

Disclosure of possible trial termination to participants of interventional clinical trials

N Hutchinson, L Gelinas, D Zarin, BE Bierer - JAMA, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| We identified all interventional clinical trials enrolling adults with at least 1 trial site
in the US; with any trial status listed; investigating a drug, biological product, or device; and …

Consistency of trial reporting between ClinicalTrials. gov and corresponding publications: one decade after FDAAA

R Talebi, RF Redberg, JS Ross - Trials, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The FDA Amendments Act (FDAAA) required that information for certain clinical
trials, such as details about study design features and endpoints, as well as results, be …

Premature trial discontinuation often not accurately reflected in registries: comparison of registry records with publications

R Alturki, S Schandelmaier, KK Olu… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background One quarter of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are prematurely discontinued
and frequently remain unpublished. Trial registries can document whether a trial is ongoing …