Estimand when treatment delays disease onset
Datamethods Discussion Forum [Unofficial]
March 4, 2026
An interesting trial found that a treatment delayed disease onset, but did not reduce overall incidence at end of follow up:
What estimand would you target in such cases?
I thought about “difference in time unwell” as in https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2825081 but I wonder if there are other interesting estimands for this interesting clinical case scenario
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