A Practical Guide to Applying the Intention-to-Treat Principle to Clinical Trials in HIV Infection
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in HIV Research & Clinical Practice
- Vol. 1 (2), 31-38
- https://doi.org/10.1310/e9yd-7caa-p7a0-g1j7
Abstract
It is recommended that randomized controlled trials be analyzed on an intention-to-treat (ITT) basis whereby patients are analyzed in the group to which they were originally assigned, irrespective of the treatment actually received. However, in trials of antiretroviral therapy, it is quite common for patients to withdraw from the trial, and information on virological or immunological endpoints may not be available. The way in which this missing information is dealt with in the analysis can have a large effect on the results of a trial and, therefore, the principle of ITT may be adhered to more closely in some studies than in others. This article describes some simple approaches commonly taken to impute missing data values and discusses the possible effects of these approaches on the results of a trial.Keywords
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