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Table 1 Overview of the primary estimand

From: Conventional partial pancreatoduodenectomy versus an extended pancreatoduodenectomy (triangle operation) for pancreatic head cancers—study protocol for the randomised controlled TRIANGLE trial

Analysis

Treatment

Population

Variable

Intervention effect (strategy)

Summary measure

Primary

Specified in Intervention description (11a)

Defined by the in- and exclusion criteria

DFS

Death: composite

Incomplete observation due to loss to follow-up or early drop-out: hypothetical

Others: treatment policy

Hazard ratio (Cox proportional hazards regression model)