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Curriculum VitaeCurriculum Vitae
N a m a : Prof. Dr. dr. Rozaimah Zain-Hamid, MS, SpFK
Pekerjaan : * Guru Besar Tetap Departemen Farmakologi dan Terapeutik,
Fakultas Kedokteran, USU, Medan
* Staf Pengajar Program S2 Biomedik & Program Administrasi
Kebijakan Kesehatan; Program S3 Kedokteran,
Sekolah Pascasarjana, USU, Medan
* Wakil Ketua Komisi Nasional Etika Penelitian Kesehatan
(KNEPK), Indonesia
Riwayat Pendidikan:
* Dokter (dr), dari Fakultas Kedokteran, USU. Medan
* Magister Sains (MS), Ilmu Kedokteran Dasar (‘Basic Medical Sciences’), dari Fakultas Pascasarjana, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta
* Doktor (Ph.D), Farmakologi Klinik (‘Clinical Pharmacology’), dari Instituteof Post-graduated Studies, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
* Spesialis Farmakologi Klinik (Sp.FK), dari Dewan Penilai Kepakaran Persatuan Dokter Ahli Farmakologi Klinik Indonesia (PERDAFKI) Pusat,Jakarta.
“Evidence-Based Medicine”Therapy
Rozaimah Zain-Hamid
Community Research Program (‘KBK’)Faculty of Medicine
Universitas Sumatera Utara
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“Evidence-Based Medicine”(Papers in Journal of Medicine / Health Sciences)
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‘VIA’
���� ‘Valid’ ���� Methodology of study
���� ‘Important’ ���� Result of study
���� ‘Applicability’ ���� Discussion
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Treatment / Therapeutic intervention
EBM : Valid, important and applicable
to particular patientsto particular patients
High rank of hierarchy of evidence(Systematic reviews /meta-analyses;
Randomized Controlled clinical trial / RCT)
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Treatment / Therapeutic intervention
Answerable Clinical Question (ACQ)
P : Patient, Problem, Population I : InterventionC : ComparisonO : Outcome
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Hypertensive patient – should I start ACE inhibitors?
� Patient : middle aged man withdiastolic 100 mm Hg
���� Intervention : ACE inhibitors���� Intervention : ACE inhibitors
���� Comparison : Diuretics
� Outcome : prevent heart disease;stroke; end-organ damage?
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“EBM” for therapy
1. Reports of individual studies
2. Reports of systematic reviews (‘RCT’)
3. Reports of Clinical Decision Analyses
5. Reports of qualitative study
3. Reports of Clinical Decision Analyses (CDA)
4. Reports of economic analyses
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
Integrative literature
Review article :* unsystematic
Systematic review :* in gathering, evaluating, presenting evidence* in gathering, evaluating, presenting evidence* no formal statistical method
Meta-analysis :* systematic review + formal statistical analysis
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
Integrative literature
Review article
Systematic review
Meta-analysis
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
Reports of individual studies
High rank of hierarchy of evidenceHigh rank of hierarchy of evidence(Randomized Controlled clinical trial / RCT)
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
Key elements of RCT
Randomization
Control Blinding
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Reports of individual studies
1. Are the results of individual studies valid?
2. Are the valid results of individual studies,important?important?
3. Are the valid, important results of individual studies;
applicable to our patient?
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
‘Validity’ of individual studies
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
1. Are the results of individual studies, valid?
Primary guides:Primary guides:
1. 1. 1. 1. Was the assignment of patients Was the assignment of patients to treatments randomized? to treatments randomized?
1. 2. 1. 2. Was followWas follow--up of patients sufficiently longup of patients sufficiently longand complete? and complete?
1. 3. 1. 3. Were patients analyzed in the groups Were patients analyzed in the groups to which they were randomized? to which they were randomized?
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
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1.1. Was the assignment of patients to treatments randomized?
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1. 2. Was follow-up of patients sufficiently long and complete?
Lost to follow up no more than 20%
JJournals like Evidence-Based Medicine and ACP Journal Club
won’t publish trials with > 80% follow-up.
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
1. 3. Were patients analyzed in the groups to which they were randomized?
““IIIIIIIIntentionntention toto treattreat analysis”analysis”
All patients are analyzed in the groups to which they were initially assignedto which they were initially assigned
A strategy for analyzing data in which all participants are included
in the group to which they were assigned, whether or not they completed
the intervention given to the group.
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
1. Are the results of the study valid?
Secondary guides:Secondary guides:
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1. 7. Was the randomization concealed1. 7. Was the randomization concealed? ?
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1. 6. 1. 6. Were the groups similar at the start of the trial?
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1. 4. Patients, health workers, and study personnel "blind" to treatment?
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EFFECT
CLINICAL TRIAL DESIGNS
TREATMENT GROUP
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SUBJECTS
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EFFECT
TREATMENT GROUP
CONTROL GROUP
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TREATMENTA
EFFECT
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TREATMENTB
EFFECT
TREATMENTB
EFFECT
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‘Important’ of individual studies
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2. Elements of important of the treatment effect
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Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
2. 1. Elements of magnitude of the treatment effect
The situation in which the experimentaltreatment increase the risk of a good event as the ‘Relative Benefit Increase (RBI)’ or the risk of bad event as ‘Relative Risk Increase(RRI)‘Relative Risk Increase(RRI)
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����RRR = RBI = RRI = {(CER – EER) / CER}RRR = RBI = RRI =(5.7% – 4.3%) / 5.7% = 25%
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
� Relative Risk Reduction (RRR) :is the percent reduction in risk in treated group compared to the control group
2. 1. Elements of magnitude of the treatment effect
� The RRR is measure of how the treatment studied has reduced the frequency of an adverse event
� Absolute Risk reduction (ARR):is the difference in risk between the control group and the treatment group
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
2. 1. Elements of magnitude of the treatment effect
The situation in which the experimentaltreatment increase the risk of a good event as the ‘Absolute Benefit Increase (ABI)’ or the risk of bad event as ‘Absolute Risk Increase(ARI)‘Absolute Risk Increase(ARI)
����also can use the same formula ����(ARR):
����ARR = ABI = ARI = (CER – EER) ARR = ABI = ARI =(5.7% – 4.3%) = 1.4%
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
Significance of Relative Risk Reduction
���� Negative RRR (- 38%): treatment may do harm:
patients given the new treatment might be
38% more likely to die than the control patients
���� RRR of 0%: no treatment effect or benefit
���� Positive RRR (50%): patients receiving the new
treatment might have less than 1/2 risk of dying
compared to not treated
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
The greater the relative risk reduction the more effective the therapy
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2.1. Element of magnitude of the treatment effect
RRR = {(CER – EER) / CER}
CER : Control Event Rate (without treatment/placebo)
EER : Experimental Event Rate (with treatment)
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
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�Number Needed to Treat (NNT) = 1 / ARR* NNT = 1 / 1.4% = 72
2. 1. Elements of magnitude of the treatment effect
* NNT = 1 / 1.4% = 72
����we need to treat 72 people with a statin
(rather than placebo) for 5 years to prevent one additional person
from suffering a stroke
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
Therapy / treatment - case study
A randomized double blind control clinical trialon 3 month – 5 year old children with mild to moderate croup (laryngotracheobronchitis).
The experimental group : 2 mg (4 ml) nebulizedThe experimental group : 2 mg (4 ml) nebulized
budesonide.
The control group : 4 ml nebulized normal saline.
Event being prevented : hospital admission due to upper-airway obstruction.
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
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normal salineZain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine,
Universitas Sumatera Utara.
No Yes
Budesonide (E) 26 1 27
Upper-airway obstruction
Important
Budesonide (E) 26 1 27
NaCl (C) 20 7 27
X2 df =1 p = 0.04
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
No Yes
Budesonide (E) 26 1 27
NaCl (C) 20 7 27
Upper-airway obstructionImportant
CER = 7 / 27 = 0.26 ; EER = 1 / 27 = 0.04
RRR = (CER – EER) / CERRRR = (0.26 – 0.04) / 0.26 = 85%
ARR = (CER – EER) = (0.26 – 0.04) = 0.22
NNT = 1 / ARR = 1 / 0.22 = 5Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine,
Universitas Sumatera Utara.
Budesonide vs normal saline; Upper-airway obstruction
CER EER ARR NNT
In the actual trial 26% 4% 22% 5
Important
In the actual trial 26% 4% 22% 5
In the hypothetical trivial case 0.00026 0.00004 0.00022 5000
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
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2. 2. Elements for deciding precision of the treatment effect
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Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
‘Applicability’ of individual studies
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
3e 1e 3e 1e 3e 1e 3e 1e Is our patient so different from those Is our patient so different from those in the study that its results cannot apply?in the study that its results cannot apply?
3e 2e 3e 2e 3e 2e 3e 2e Is the treatment feasible in our setting?Is the treatment feasible in our setting?
3e 3e 3e 3e Are the valid, important results of this individual studies applicable to our patient?
3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e What are our patient’s potential benefits What are our patient’s potential benefits 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e 3e What are our patient’s potential benefits What are our patient’s potential benefits and harms from the therapy?and harms from the therapy?
3e 4e 3e 4e 3e 4e 3e 4e What are our patient’s values and expectations What are our patient’s values and expectations for both the outcome we are trying for both the outcome we are trying to prevent and the treatment to prevent and the treatment we are offering?we are offering?
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
ConclusionsConclusions
��Application of good therapy must be Application of good therapy must be supported by EBM supported by EBM
��Ability to appraise the results of many Ability to appraise the results of many kind of studies, reviews, analyses etc kind of studies, reviews, analyses etc
Zain-Hamid, R; CRP-’KBK’, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara.
THERAPY WORKSHEET
Are the results of this single preventive or therapeutic trial valid?
Citation:
Was the assignment of patients to treatments randomized?
Was the randomization list concealed?
Was follow-up of patients sufficiently long and complete?
Were all patients analyzed in the groups to which they were randomized?
THERAPY WORKSHEET
Are the results of this single preventive or therapeutic trial valid?
Citation:
Were patients, clinicians, and study personnel kept “blind”to treatment? to treatment?
Were the groups treated equally, apart from the experimental treatment?
Were the groups similar at the start of the trial apart from the experimental therapy?
THERAPY WORKSHEET
Are the valid results of this randomized trial important?
What is the magnitude of the treatment effect?of the treatment effect?
How precise is the estimate of the treatment effect?
SAMPLE CALCULATIONS
Occurrence of diabetic
neuropathy at 5 years
among insulin-dependent
diabetics in the DCCT trial
Relative risk
reduction
(RRR)
Absolute risk
reduction
(ARR)
Number
needed
to treat
(NNT)
Usual
insulin
Regimen
control
Intensive
insulin
regimen
experimental
CER − EER CER
CER − EER1/ARR
control
event rate
(CER)
9.6 %
experimental
event
rate
(EER)
2.8 %
9.6% − 2.8% 9.6% 9.6% − 2.8%
1/6.8%
=15 patients
71 % 6.8 %
95% CI a 4.4% to 9.2% 11 - 23
a 95% confidence interval (CI) on an NNT =1/(limits on the CI of its ARR)
YOUR CALCULATIONS
Relative risk
reduction
(RRR)
Absolute risk
reduction
(ARR)
Number
needed
to treat
(NNT)
CER − EER CER − EER
EER
CER − EER CER
CER − EER1/ARR
95% CI a
CER
THERAPY WORKSHEET
Can you apply this valid, important evidence about therapy in caring for your patient?
Do these results apply to our patient?
Is our patient so different from those in the study that from those in the study that its results cannot apply?
Is the treatment feasible in our setting?
What are our patient’s potential benefits and harms from the therapy?
Risk of the outcome in our patient, relative to patients in the trial.
Expressed as a decimal:______
NNT/ f =______/______=______
Method I : f
(NNT for patients like ours)
Our patient’s expected event rateif they received
the control treatment (PEER) =______
1/(PEER × RRR) = 1/________=______
(NNT for patients like ours)
Method II : 1/(PEER × RRR)