• 1. Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250014, P.R.China;
  • 2. Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan 250014, P.R.China;
DAI Guohua, Email: daigh2004@163.com
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Objective  To analyze the substitution mechanism of surrogate endpoints for traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) clinical efficacy evaluation of chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods  To obtain data from the occurrence of surrogate endpoints and cardiogenic death of patients with CHF in 7 hospitals. The causal relationship between surrogate endpoints and cardiogenic mortality was inferred by the Bayesian network model, and the interaction among surrogate endpoints was analyzed by non-conditional logistic regression model. Results  A total of 2 961 patients with CHF were included. The results of Bayesian network causal inference showed that cardiogenic mortality had a causal relationship with the surrogate endpoints including NYHA classification (P=0.46), amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) (P=0.24), left ventricular ejaculation fraction (LVEF) (P=0.19), and hemoglobin (HB) (P=0.11); non-conditional logistic regression analysis showed that NYHA classification had interaction with NT-proBNP, LVEF, and HB prior to and after adjusting confounders. Conclusions  The substitution capability of surrogate endpoints for TCM clinical efficacy evaluation of CHF for cardiogenic mortality are NYHA classification, NT-proBNP, LVEF, and HB in turn, and there is a multiplicative interaction between the main surrogate endpoint NYHA classification and the secondary surrogate endpoints including NT-proBNP, LVEF, and HB, suggesting that when the two surrogate endpoints with interaction exist at the same time, it can enhance the substitution capability of surrogate endpoints for cardiogenic mortality.

Citation: REN Lili, DAI Guohua, GAO Wulin, GUAN Hui. Using Bayesian network as a basis to analyze the substitution mechanism of surrogate endpoints for traditional Chinese medicine clinical efficacy evaluation of chronic heart failure. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2021, 21(12): 1381-1386. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202104057 Copy

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