Rene,
This is my understanding also. A full parametric model is needed to simulate the distribution of event times that would be observed in a clinical trial.
Nick
Rene Bruno wrote:
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> All,
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> I agree it depends on what you want to do with the model. My understanding is that if you want to simulate events (e.g. to simulate clinical trials) you need to use a parametric model. The Cox model only allows assessing risk ratio as a function of covariates.
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> Am I correct?
>
> Rene
>
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