What problem does it solve?
Enables researchers to design and emulate target trials using real-world data (RWD) to generate credible real-world evidence (RWE), addressing gaps in traditional randomized evidence with observational data.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Target trial emulation: specify eligibility, treatment strategies, follow-up, and outcomes to emulate a randomized trial using observational data.
- Propensity score methods: estimate and apply weights or matching to balance covariates between groups.
- External control arms: integrate external data sources to augment trial comparisons and enhance generalizability.
- Time-varying confounding: implement sequential trial emulation and marginal structural models to address dynamic treatment regimens.
- Survival and causal analyses: leverage survival models and causal inference techniques to estimate effects over time.
- Data quality and reporting: best practices for data quality checks and transparent reporting of RWE methods.
Quick Start
Load real-world data, configure a target trial emulation workflow, and run the TrialEmulation analyses to generate emulated trial results.