Target trials and case-control studies

This week’s topics include ‘Target trial and case-control studies as a Target trial’. The meeting was unfortunately canceled, where the following was supposed to be discussed: Strengthening Causal Inference from Observational Data - Can we meaningfully emulate a target trial using case-control data to reduce discrepancies between observational and randomized trial evidence. The meeting was unfortunately canceled

Published

October 12, 2023

Files from session:

Slides

Articles discussed were (Hernán 2021) and (Dickerman and García-Albéniz 2020).

References

Dickerman, Barbra A, and Xabier García-Albéniz. 2020. “Emulating a Target Trial in Case-Control Designs: An Application to Statins and Colorectal Cancer.” https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyaa144.

Hernán, Miguel A. 2021. “Methods of Public Health Research - Strengthening Causal Inference from Observational Data.” https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2113319.