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A joint latent class changepoint model to improve the prediction of time to graft failure
Authors:Francisca Galindo Garre  Aeilko H Zwinderman  Ronald B Geskus  Yvo W J Sijpkens
Institution:TNO Quality of Life, Leiden, The Netherlands;
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Abstract:Summary.  The reciprocal of serum creatinine concentration, RC, is often used as a biomarker to monitor renal function. It has been observed that RC trajectories remain relatively stable after transplantation until a certain moment, when an irreversible decrease in the RC levels occurs. This decreasing trend commonly precedes failure of a graft. Two subsets of individuals can be distinguished according to their RC trajectories: a subset of individuals having stable RC levels and a subset of individuals who present an irrevocable decrease in their RC levels. To describe such data, the paper proposes a joint latent class model for longitudinal and survival data with two latent classes. RC trajectories within latent class one are modelled by an intercept-only random-effects model and RC trajectories within latent class two are modelled by a segmented random changepoint model. A Bayesian approach is used to fit this joint model to data from patients who had their first kidney transplantation in the Leiden University Medical Center between 1983 and 2002. The resulting model describes the kidney transplantation data very well and provides better predictions of the time to failure than other joint and survival models.
Keywords:Changepoint  Joint models  Kidney failure  Latent class  Predictions
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