MCDTR Disease Modeling Software for Clinical Research
Purpose:
To facilitate modeling of the progression of chronic disease such as diabetes so that investigators can evaluate the cost/utility of a proposed method of prevention, early diagnosis or intervention.
Goals:
- To develop and distribute user-friendly software that helps researchers to model progression of a chronic disease and its complications, including the associated costs and health utilities.
- To provide user-friendly software that can improve estimates of progression rates between stages of chronic diseases.
Significance:
Clinical studies of a chronic disease, such as diabetes, may require a large population and a lengthy follow-up. However, it is possible to obtain estimates of the probabilities of transitions between stages of diseases, or complications, from studies with shorter-term follow up. Therefore, the progression of the disease and its complication can be simulated (modeled) over a long period of time without following subjects for the entire period. The goal of this project is to create a computer model 
that can simulate the progression of a chronic disease; we use diabetes and its associated complications as an example. Investigators can study the theoretical effect of a prevention strategy or an intervention by modifying the transition probabilities in the model to reflect the expected effect of the intervention.
Contents:
Quick video introduction
For a quick introduction to the project, please click on the following links to launch narrated videos:
- MICHIGAN MODEL
- SIMULATION
- ESTIMATION
- For a set of videos demonstrating our software please click here
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