Assessing correlates of protection in vaccine trials: statistical solutions in the context of high vaccine efficacy

Abstract Background The use of correlates of protection (CoPs) in vaccination trials offers significant advantages as useful clinical endpoint substitutes. Vaccines with very high vaccine efficacy (VE) are documented in the literature (VE ≥95%). The rare events (number of infections) observed in the...

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Main Authors: Andrea Callegaro, Fabian Tibaldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-019-0687-y