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Specify the treatment arm column name in the model matrix and set a prior distribution for the treatment effect (log hazard ratio or log odds ratio)

Usage

treatment_details(trt_flag_col, trt_prior)

Arguments

trt_flag_col

character. The name of the column in the model matrix that corresponds to the treatment flag (1/0 or TRUE/FALSE). This identifies patients as belonging to the experimental treatment arm.

trt_prior

Object of class Prior specifying the prior distribution of the log effect estimate (log hazard ratio for time to event endpoints and log odds ratio for binary endpoints).

Value

Object of class Treatment.

Examples

sta <- treatment_details(
  trt_flag_col = "trt",
  trt_prior = normal_prior(0, 1000)
)