#This file contains the code required for the
#CtrlSpec class used in predict from parameters
#It is not exported for users
#and is used to translate the event/drop out rate
#specifications in the Study constructors to a common
#form to be stored within the Study object
#it is also used for the dropout specification in predict from
#data
# The CtrlSpec (control arm specification) class
# is not exported for user use but is used within the
# package to allow different ways of specifying the
# contorl arm rate when specifying a Study/CRGI study
# It also includes the text to be output in the summary text
# concerning the control (and experimental) arm event rates.
# This class is also used when specifying the drop out rate for the
# control arm
# @slot median The control arm median event time
# @slot text The control arm text to be included in the summary
# @slot experimentaltext a function which takes a HR and shape and outputs
# the summary text information for the rate spec of the control arm
setClass( "CtrlSpec",
slots= list(median="numeric",
text="character",
experimentaltext="function"
)
)
# Create a \code{CtrlSpec} by giving the control arm median survival
# time as used in the Oncology study constructor
# @param ctrl.median The control arm median time to event
# @return A \code{CtrlSpec} object
CtrlSpecfromMedian <- function(ctrl.median){
if(!is.na(ctrl.median)){
if(!is.numeric(ctrl.median) || length(ctrl.median) > 1 || ctrl.median < 0){
stop("Invalid ctrl.median argument, it must be numeric and positive")
}
}
f <- function(HR,shape){
paste("median=",round(ctrl.median/HR^(1/shape),2),sep="")
}
new("CtrlSpec",median=ctrl.median,text=paste("median=",ctrl.median,sep=""),
experimentaltext=f)
}
# Create A CtrlSpec object from a list
#
# The function calls \code{CtrlSpecfromProportion} with the appropriate
# arguments taken from a list. It is used when creating the dropout slot of
# the \code{Study} object in the various Study constructors
#
# @param eventtext The text to be output in the summary of the ctrlspec object
# for example either "had an event by" or "(in absence of events) would drop out by"
# @param var.list A list with elements labelled time and proportion
# (and optionally shape). Or NULL for creating a CtrlSpec object with infinite median
# (i.e. specifying the median for drop outs given no drop outs)
# @param n.arms The number of arms for which to create CtrlSpec objects
# @return A list of CtrlSpec objects one for each arm
CtrlSpecFromList <- function(var.list,eventtext,n.arms){
#Infinite median if no "events" (used when specifying the median there are no drop outs)
if(is.null(var.list)){
x <- CtrlSpecfromProportion(time=Inf,proportion.had.event=0.5,shape=1)
return(if(n.arms==1) list(ctrl=x) else list(ctrl=x,active=x))
}
if(!is.list(var.list) || is.null(var.list$time) || is.null(var.list$proportion) || length(var.list$proportion) > 2
|| length(var.list$proportion)!= n.arms){
stop(paste("Invalid argument(s) to CtrlSpecFromList.",
"See help for the dropout argument to Study function",
"for an example of valid arguments."))
}
if(is.null(var.list$shape)) var.list$shape <- 1
retVal <- lapply(var.list$proportion,function(x){
CtrlSpecfromProportion(var.list$time,x,var.list$shape,eventtext)
})
names(retVal) <- if(n.arms==1) "ctrl" else c("ctrl","active")
return(retVal)
}
# Create a \code{CtrlSpec} object giving the time at which a given
# proportion of subjects have had an event as used in the CRGIStudy constructor
# @param time The time at which \code{ctrl.proportion} of the control group have had an event.
# Used to set the event rate
# @param proportion.had.event The proportion of control arm subjects who have had an event by time \code{time}
# @param shape The Weibull shape parameter for the control arm survival function
# @param eventtext The text to be output in the summary of the ctrlspec object
# for example either "had an event by" or "(in absence of events) would drop out by"
# @return A \code{CtrlSpec} object
CtrlSpecfromProportion <- function(time,proportion.had.event,shape,eventtext="had an event by"){
lapply(list(shape=shape,time=time,proportion.had.event=proportion.had.event),
function(x){
if(!is.numeric(x) || length(x) != 1 || x <= 0){
stop("Arguments to CtrlSpecfromProportion should be numeric, positive and of length 1 ")
}
}
)
if(proportion.had.event >= 1){
stop("Invalid proportion.had.event argument")
}
text <- paste(proportion.had.event*100,"% of subjects ",eventtext," ",time,sep="")
rate <- ((-log(1-proportion.had.event))^(1/shape))/time
median <- log(2)^(1/shape)/rate
f <- function(HR,shape){
paste(round( (1-(1-proportion.had.event)^HR)*100, 2),"% of subjects ",eventtext," ",time,sep="")
}
new("CtrlSpec",median=median,text=text,experimentaltext=f)
}