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Table 4 Model specifications and reported statistics by study endpoint

From: Indirect comparison of intravenous vs. subcutaneous C1-inhibitor placebo-controlled trials for routine prevention of hereditary angioedema attacks

Endpoint

Model

Reported statistics

Mean difference in monthly attacks

SAS PROC MIXED: fixed effects: treatment, period, sequence, random effect: subject within treatment

Point estimates for treatment effect over placebo and 95% CI; difference of treatment effects between C1-INH(SC) and C1-INH(IV), 95% CI and P-value

Median difference in monthly attacks

SAS PROC QUANTREG: fixed effects: treatment, sequence within treatment

% reduction in monthly attacks

SAS PROC MIXED: fixed effects: treatment, period, sequence within treatment

Median % reduction in monthly attacks

SAS PROC QUANTREG: fixed effects: treatment, sequence within treatment

Number of patients with ≥ × % reduction

SAS PROC GLIMMIX: fixed effects: treatment, sequence within treatment

Percentage of patients; odds ratio C1-INH(SC) over C1-INH(IV) and P-value

  1. CI confidence interval