ANNALS EXPRESS: Clinically inappropriate post-hoc exclusion of study participants from test accuracy calculations: The ROMA score, an example from a recent NICE diagnostic assessment

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry
Shona LangMarie Westwood

Abstract

Objective To explore how the definition of the target condition and post- hoc exclusion of participants can limit the usefulness of diagnostic accuracy studies. Methods We used data from a systematic review, conducted for a NICE diagnostic assessment of risk scores to inform secondary care decisions about specialist referral for women with suspected ovarian cancer, to explore how the definition of the target condition and post- hoc exclusion of participants can limit the usefulness of diagnostic accuracy studies to inform clinical practice. Results Fourteen of the studies evaluated the ROMA score, nine used Abbott ARCHITECT tumour marker assays, five used Roche Elecsys. The summary sensitivity estimate (Abbott ARCHITECT) was highest, 95.1% (95% CI: 92.4 to 97.1%), where analyses excluded participants with borderline tumours or malignancies other than epithelial ovarian cancer and lowest, 75.0% (95% CI: 60.4 to 86.4%), where all participants were included. Results were similar for Roche Elecsys tumour marker assays. Although the number of patients involved was small, data from studies that reported diagnostic accuracy for both the whole study population and with post- hoc exclusion of those with borderline or non-epithelial mali...Continue Reading

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