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[deps]
CSV = "336ed68f-0bac-5ca0-87d4-7b16caf5d00b"
DataFrames = "a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0"
Distributions = "31c24e10-a181-5473-b8eb-7969acd0382f"
Documenter = "e30172f5-a6a5-5a46-863b-614d45cd2de4"
DocumenterCitations = "daee34ce-89f3-4625-b898-19384cb65244"
Plots = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
SafetySignalDetection = "ad9a3248-762c-4ade-a843-8f185e2c18ff"
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using Documenter
using SafetySignalDetection
using DocumenterCitations

bib = CitationBibliography(
joinpath(@__DIR__, "src", "refs.bib");
style = :authoryear
)

module_dir = pkgdir(SafetySignalDetection)
gh = Remotes.GitHub("openpharma", "SafetySignalDetection.jl")
remotes = Dict(module_dir => (gh, "ff9de39"))

makedocs(
sitename = "SafetySignalDetection",
format = Documenter.HTML(),
modules = [SafetySignalDetection]
format = Documenter.HTML(
assets = String["assets/citations.css"],
size_threshold = nothing
),
modules = [SafetySignalDetection],
pages = [
"Home" => "index.md",
"Introduction" => "introduction.md"
];
plugins = [bib],
remotes = remotes
)

# Documenter can also automatically deploy documentation to gh-pages.
# See "Hosting Documentation" and deploydocs() in the Documenter manual
# for more information.
deploydocs(
repo = "https://github.com/openpharma/SafetySignalDetection.jl.git"
repo = "https://github.com/openpharma/SafetySignalDetection.jl.git",
push_preview = true
)
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.citation dl {
display: grid;
grid-template-columns: max-content auto;
}

.citation dt {
grid-column-start: 1;
}

.citation dd {
grid-column-start: 2;
margin-bottom: 0.75em;
}

.citation ul {
padding: 0 0 2.25em 0;
margin: 0;
list-style: none !important;
}

.citation ul li {
text-indent: -2.25em;
margin: 0.33em 0.5em 0.5em 2.25em;
}

.citation ol li {
padding-left: 0.75em;
}
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# SafetySignalDetection.jl

Documentation for SafetySignalDetection.jl
This package implements Bayesian safety signal detection as proposed by [Brock:2023](@citet)
using the [Turing.jl](https://github.com/TuringLang/Turing.jl) framework.

## Installation

Install this package with:

```julia
using Pkg
Pkg.add("SafetySignalDetection")
```

## Getting started

Please have a look at the [Introduction](@ref) vignette to get started.

## API

```@autodocs
Modules = [SafetySignalDetection]
```

```@bibliography
```
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# Introduction

We will introduce the use of the `SafetySignalDetection.jl` package with a small example.

## Data example

We use a small example data set.

Note that:

- The outcome `y` needs to be a bool vector. A different type of vector (e.g. integer) will fail later for the model fitting.
- The column `time` needs to be a `Float64` (time until adverse event or until last treatment or follow up).
- The column `trialindex` needs to be `Int64` (index of historical trials, starting from 1 and consecutively numbered).

```@example 1
using CSV
using DataFrames
using SafetySignalDetection
module_dir = pkgdir(SafetySignalDetection)
csv_path = joinpath(module_dir, "test", "small_historic_dataset.csv")
df = DataFrame(CSV.File(csv_path))
df.y = map(x -> x == 1, df.y)
```

## Meta-analytic prior sampling

For both parameters $a$ and $b$, we can use beta distributions, specified via `Distributions.Beta()`.

For the mean $a$, we can set the prior mean according to the background rate of the adverse event. Note that this is per unit of time. So depending how you receive the incidence rate in which units, you need to convert this back to the time unit you are using for the analysis.
The overall sum of the two beta distribution's parameters can be kept constant at a low number.

For the discount factor $b$, we can set the prior for it closer to 1 for more homogenous trials,
and closer to 0 for more heterogenous trials.
For both priors, the prior information should be low, i.e. the sum of the two parameters
of the beta distribution should be not high, e.g. around 10.

Note:

- The number of samples (e.g. 10,000) and the number of threads (1) need to be passed as integers. Otherwise the call will fail.
- We don't need to discard a burn in period now because the NUTS sampler is used internally and is discarding a burn in automatically already.

```@example 1
using Distributions
prior_a = Beta(1 / 3, 1 / 3)
prior_b = Beta(5, 5)
map_samples = meta_analytic_samples(df, prior_a, prior_b, 10_000, 1)
map_samples[1:5]
```

The resulting $\pi^{*}$ samples in `map_samples` are from the meta-analytic prior for the adverse event rate per unit of time in the control arm in the ongoing blinded trial.

## Closed form approximation

Now we give the $\pi^{*}$ samples to the `fit_beta_mixture()` function, together with the
number of components. Usually 2 components will be sufficient to achieve a good approximation.
Internally, the classic Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm is used.

We can check the approximation graphically by overlaying the resulting probability density function with the
samples histogram.

```@example 1
using Plots
map_approx = fit_beta_mixture(map_samples, 2)
stephist(map_samples, label = "prior samples", norm = :pdf)
xvals = range(minimum(map_samples), maximum(map_samples); length = 100)
plot!(xvals, pdf(map_approx, xvals), label = "approximate prior")
```

## Blinded trial analysis

Now we can proceed to analyzing the blinded clinical trial.

The important new ingredients here are:

- The prior on the experimental adverse event rate. This can be uninformative, or weakly informative using a diluted background rate distribution.
- The proportion of patients in the experimental treatment arm.

```@example 1
prior_exp = Beta(1, 1)
prior_ctrl = map_approx
exp_proportion = 0.5
csv_current_path = joinpath(module_dir, "docs", "src", "small_current_dataset.csv")
df_current = DataFrame(CSV.File(csv_current_path))
df_current.y = map(x -> x == 1, df_current.y)
result = blinded_analysis_samples(df_current, prior_exp, prior_ctrl, exp_proportion, 10_000, 1)
first(result, 5)
```

## Summary

We can now e.g. look at the posterior probability that the rate in the experimental arm, $\pi_E$, is larger than the event rate in the control arm, $\pi_C$.

```@example 1
mean(result[!, :pi_exp] .> result[!, :pi_ctrl])
```

We can also create corresponding plots.

```@example 1
stephist(result[!, :pi_exp], label = "experimental arm", norm = :pdf)
stephist!(result[!, :pi_ctrl], label = "control arm", norm = :pdf)
```
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@article{Brock:2023,
author = {Brock, Kristian and Chen, Chen and Ho, Shuyen and Fuller, Greg and Woolfolk, Jared and Mcshea, Cindy and Penard, Nils},
title = {A Bayesian method for safety signal detection in ongoing blinded randomised controlled trials},
journal = {Pharmaceutical Statistics},
volume = {22},
number = {2},
pages = {378-395},
doi = {10.1002/pst.2278},
year = {2023}
}
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"","y","trial","time"
"","y","trialindex","time"
"1",0,1,0.508060037142824
"2",0,7,0.5208363096442
"3",0,2,0.556331578741567
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"","y","trial","time"
"","y","trialindex","time"
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rng = StableRNG(123)
map_small = sample(
rng,
meta_analysis_model(df_small.y, df_small.time, df_small.trial,
meta_analysis_model(df_small.y, df_small.time, df_small.trialindex,
prior_a, prior_b),
NUTS(0.65),
10_000
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rng = StableRNG(123)
map_large = sample(
rng,
meta_analysis_model(df_large.y, df_large.time, df_large.trial,
meta_analysis_model(df_large.y, df_large.time, df_large.trialindex,
prior_a, prior_b),
NUTS(0.65),
10_000
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