Sub-teams

Published

November 16, 2024

The working group operates within eight sub-teams. Objectives and member rosters of these sub-teams are available below.

Communications

Lead: Stefan Englert (J&J/Janssen)

Objective:

  • Establish an EIWG teams site for efficient communication and collaborative working
  • Homepage with working group updates and estimand resources, hosted and managed by the EIWG
  • PSI session on estimand thinking and statistical leadership
Name Company Function Type
Chun-Hang Tang Astellas Statistician Full
Stefano Vezzoli Chiesi Statistician Full
Stefan Englert J&J/Janssen Statistician Full

HTA and RWE

Lead: Antonia Morga (Astellas), Pepa Polavieja (Novo Nordisk)

Objective:

  • Publication
Name Company Function Type
Antonia Morga Astellas Statistician Full
Barbara Rosettani BMS Statistician Extended
Antonio Remiro-Azocar Bayer Statistician Extended
Frank Kleinjung Bayer Statistician Extended
Amel Besseghir Fresenius Statistician Full
Khadija Rantell MHRA Statistician Full
Pepa Polavieja Novo Nordisk Statistician Full

Reporting

Lead: Vivian Lanius (UCB)

Objective:

  • Publication on the reporting of estimands and intercurrent events in clinical study reports
  • Successful collaboration with NIC on the reporting of estimands on “Clinicaltrials.gov”
Name Company Function Type
Barbara Glocker Bayer Medical Writing Extended
Suvi Rajamaki Bayer Medical Writing Extended
Chrissie Fletcher GSK Statistician Full
Daniel Bratton GSK Statistician Extended
Melanie Wright Novartis Statistician Full
Francesca Callegari Novartis Statistician Extended
Edith Küpper Staburo Program Manager Extended
Maarten van Dijk Staburo Medical Writing Extended
Gabriele Bleckert Staburo Statistician Extended
Vivian Lanius UCB Statistician Full
Christian Loesch UCB Statistician Full
Brennan Kahan UCL Statistician Full

Estimation

Lead: James Bell (Elderbrook)

Objective:

  • Publication on treatment policy estimation
Name Company Function Type
David Wright AstraZeneca Statistician Full
Marian Mitroiu Biogen Statistician Extended
Lorenzo Guizzaro EMA Statistician Full
James Bell Elderbrook Statistician Full
Thomas Drury GSK Statistician Extended
Khadija Rantell MHRA Statistician Full
Tobias Muetze Novartis Statistician Extended
Christian Bressen Pipper Novo Nordisk Statistician Full
Marcel Wolbers Roche Statistician Extended

Non-inferiority

Lead: Helle Lynggaard (Novo Nordisk)

Objective:

  • PSI session on estimands in non-inferiority trials
  • First paper published
  • Paper initiated on case studies illustrating challenges discussed in first paper
Name Company Function Type
David Wright AstraZeneca Statistician Full
Nazanin Haseli-Mashhadi Bayer Statistician Extended
Florian Lasch EMA Statistician Extended
Amel Besseghir Fresenius Statistician Full
Chrissie Fletcher GSK Statistician Full
Sunita Rehal GSK Statistician Extended
Oliver Keene Independent Statistician Full
Christoph Helwig Merck Statistician Extended
Tobias Muetze Novartis Statistician Extended
Helle Lynggaard Novo Nordisk Statistician Full
Chien-Ju Lin Roche Statistician Extended
Qing Wang Roche Statistician Extended
Claudia Hemmelmann Sandoz Statistician Extended
Susmit Sekhar Sandoz Statistician Extended
Vivian Lanius UCB Statistician Full
Brennan Kahan UCL Statistician Full

Training

Lead: Judith Anzures-Cabrera (Roche)

Objective:

  • To enhance understanding of the estimand framework and its practical implementation across various roles in clinical trials, including clinicians, regulators, investigators, academics, members of ethics committees, health technology assessors and statisticians.
  • To utilize case studies as a means to illustrate real-world applications of the estimand framework, thereby fostering a deeper comprehension of its relevance and impact on clinical trial design, conduct, and interpretation.
Name Company Function Type
David Wright AstraZeneca Statistician Full
Helle Lynggaard Novo Nordisk Statistician Full
Pepa Polavieja Novo Nordisk Statistician Full
Sue McKendrick PPD Statistician Full
Anna Robertson Pfizer Statistician Full
Judith Anzures-Cabrera Roche Statistician Full

Intercurrent event

Lead: Brennan Kahan (UCL)

Objective:

  • Continue to identify areas of uncertainty around how the different intercurrent event strategies may be interpreted
  • Identify areas of uncertainty around whether certain events meet the definition of an intercurrent event
  • Identify and begin to implement appropriate strategies to reduce this uncertainty, e.g. through training materials, a possible publication, or feeding back to the ICH E9(R1) creators
Name Company Function Type
Juan Jose Abellan Andres EMA Statistician Extended
James Bell Elderbrook Statistician Full
Chrissie Fletcher GSK Statistician Full
Stefan Englert J&J/Janssen Statistician Full
Khadija Rantell MHRA Statistician Full
Armin Schueler Morphosys Statistician Full
Helle Lynggaard Novo Nordisk Statistician Full
Sue McKendrick PPD Statistician Full
Beatrice Panico Scendea Statistician Full
Christian Loesch UCB Statistician Full
Brennan Kahan UCL Statistician Full

Estimands in Early Phase [I/II] & Clinical Pharmacology Studies

Lead: Chun-Hang Tang (Astellas)

Objective:

  • Develop a case study for implementing estimands for a dose-ranging (Ph2b) study
  • Develop a case study with focus on clinical pharmacology studies in pregnant and breast-feeding women
  • Input into guidance around implementing estimands for patient-reported outcomes in early phase trials
  • Explore estimands for concentration modeling for PD effect (e.g., concentration-QTc).
Name Company Function Type
Chun-Hang Tang Astellas Statistician Full
David Wright AstraZeneca Statistician Full
Chrissie Fletcher GSK Statistician Full
Shuying Yang GSK Pharmacometrician Extended
Khadija Rantell MHRA Statistician Full
Essam Kerwash MHRA Pharmacometrician Extended
Helle Lynggaard Novo Nordisk Statistician Full
Margrete Due Thomsen Novo Nordisk Statistician Extended
Sue McKendrick PPD Statistician Full
Bilyana Dabin PPD Statistician Extended
Zara Ghodsi Pfizer Statistician Full
Beatrice Panico Scendea Statistician Full