Insights & Research

Conference presentations, abstracts, and methodological contributions from our team.

Getting Closer to the Target: Practical Strategies to Hit the Mark in Trial Emulation

ISPOR 20262026

Le HV, Thomas Debray T, Aggarwal S, Opper N.

Comparing established and novel index date selection methods: a simulation study in two clinical contexts

ISPOR 20262026

Opper N, Aggarwal S, David Goldfarb D, Le HV.

Comparing line of therapy selection methods in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (aNSCLC): a simulation study

ASCO 20262026

Aggarwal S, Opper N, Le HV.

Real-World Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer Treated With First-Line Platinum-Based Chemotherapy and ≥ 2 Subsequent Lines of Therapy in the United States

Advances in Therapy, 2025; 43(1):214–2302025

Sankar K et al.

DOI: 10.1007/s12325-025-03408-z

Performances of the Deep Learning Approach to Nonparametric Propensity Score Estimation with Optimized Covariate Balance in Small Samples

ISPE 20252025

Le HV et al.

Performance of Machine Learning Predictions of Overall Survival After Multiple Imputations for Features Based on Absolute Non-Missing Degrees

ISPE 20252025

Le HV et al.

Real-World Treatment Patterns and Outcomes in Patients With Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer (ES-SCLC) Treated With First-Line Platinum-Based Chemotherapy (PBC) and ≥2 Subsequent Lines of Therapy in the United States

ISPOR 20252025

Sankar K et al.

Performance of ChatGPT-3.5, ChatGPT-4, Microsoft Copilot, and Google Bard To Identify Correct Information for Lung Cancer

ICPE 20242024

Truong CT, Le HV.

Improvements of Machine Learning Predictions of Overall Survival After Multiple Imputations for Features Regardless of Their Missing Degrees

ICPE 20242024

Le HV et al.

Improved Prediction of Overall Survival Using Machine Learning Survival Models Incorporating Time-Dependent Features

ICPE 20242024

Le HV et al.

Effect of designations of index date in externally controlled trials: an empirical example

Epidemiologic Methods, 20242024

Le HV, Marc De Benedetti, Lihua Yue et al.

DOI: 10.1515/em-2023-0041

Real-World Treatment Patterns and Clinical Outcomes Among Patients with Metastatic or Unresectable EGFR-Mutated Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Previously Treated with Osimertinib and Platinum-Based Chemotherapy

Advances in Therapy, 20242024

Patel J, Meng J, Le HV, et al.

DOI: 10.1007/s12325-024-02936-4

Use of a real-world synthetic control arm for direct comparison of lisocabtagene maraleucel and conventional therapy in relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma

Leukemia & Lymphoma, 20232023

Le HV, Naarden KVB, Grzegorz S. Nowakowski et al.

DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2022.2160200

Clinical Outcomes of Real-World Treatment for Metastatic EGFRm NSCLC after Osimertinib and Platinum-Based Chemotherapy

WCLC 20232023

Jyoti Patel, Meng J, Le HV et al.

Creating a Real-World Data, United States Healthcare Claims-Based Adaptation of Kurtzke Functional Systems Scores for Assessing Multiple Sclerosis Severity and Progression

ICBEB 20222022

Le HV, Truong CT, Aaron W. Kamauu et al.

KarMMa-RW: comparison of idecabtagene vicleucel with real-world outcomes in relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma

Blood Cancer Journal (Nature), vol 11, 1162021

Sundar Jagannath, Yi Lin, Hartmut Goldschmidt et al.

DOI: 10.1038/s41408-021-00507-2

Creating a Real-World Data, United States Healthcare Claims-Based Adaptation of Kurtzke Functional Systems Scores for Assessing Multiple Sclerosis Severity and Progression

Advances in Therapy, vol 38, pages 4786–47972021

Truong CT, Le HV, Aaron Kamauu et al.

Machine Learning applied to SEER Data for Prediction of Breast Cancer Specific Survival

ICPE 20212021

Phuong HL, Marc D Benedetti, Le HV et al.

Lessons Learned in Predicting Gastric Cancer Survival Using Machine Learning

ICPE 20212021

Marc D Benedetti, Phuong HL et al.

Hospital Admission Patterns in Adult Patients with Community-Acquired Pneumonia Who Received Ceftriaxone and a Macrolide by Disease Severity across United States Hospitals

Antibiotics (Basel), 2020; 9(9):5772020

Thomas P Lodise, Le HV, Kenneth LaPensee.

DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics9090577

Incidence and trends of skin cancer in the United States, 1999-2016

ASCO 20202020

Le HV et al.

Prevalence of eosinophilia in the United States

ICPE 20202020

Le HV et al.

Eosinophilia in atopic and non-atopic individuals in the United States

ICPE 20202020

Chi L, Le HV et al.

KARMMA-RW: a study of real-world treatment patterns in heavily pretreated patients with relapsed and refractory multiple myeloma (RRMM) and comparison of outcomes to KARMMA

DGHO 20202020

Hartmut Goldschmidt, Le HV et al.

Predicting the risk of medication discontinuation using machine learning

ICPE 20192019

Le HV, Truong CT.

Using machine learning algorithms to improve the prediction accuracy of medication initiations

ICPE 20192019

Le HV, Truong CT.

Incidence and Trends of Melanoma Skin Cancer in The United States, 1999-2016

ICPE 20192019

Phuong L, Chi L, Truong TC et al.

Incidence Estimates and Trends of Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in The United States, 1999-2016

ICPE 20192019

Chi L, Phuong L, Truong CT et al.

Risk of Death Associated with the Use of Antipsychotic Drugs Among Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis

ICPE 20192019

Le HV et al.

Lessons Learned in Application of Machine Learning in Industry

Advances in Precision and Personalized Medicine, SAMSI 20192019

Le HV, Truong CT.

Identifying relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) in United States integrated delivery network healthcare claims and electronic health record (EHR) data

Value in Health, 20182018

Le HV, Truong CT, Aaron Kamauu et al.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jval.2018.06.014

Using Claims-Based Algorithms to Identify High Disease Activity for Relapsing Remitting Multiple Sclerosis Patients in US Healthcare Data

ACTRIMS, February 20182018

Le HV, Truong CT, Aaron W Kamauu et al.

Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients with Community-Acquired Bacterial Pneumonia (CABP) at Greatest Risk for Prolonged Hospital Length of Stay in an Integrated Delivery Network

ISPOR 20172017

Le HV, Kenneth LaPensee, Thomas Lodise, Canter Martin.

Patient Populations at Greatest Risk for Hospital Readmission or Repeat ED Visit within 30 Days of Hospital Discharge among Hospitalized Pts with Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CABP)

ASM Microbe 2017, New Orleans, LA2017

Kenneth LaPensee, Thomas Lodise, Canter Martin, Le HV.

Improving performance of algorithms to power unmet need and effectiveness in health economics and outcomes research using electronic health records and healthcare claims data sources

ISPOR EU, Workshop, November 20172017

Le HV, Monica Kobayashi, Kamauu A, Schiffon L. Wong.

Identifying Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) in United States Integrated Delivery Network Healthcare Claims Data

ICPE 20172017

Le HV, Truong CT, Aaron W. C. Kamauu et al.

Identifying Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) in United States Integrated Delivery Network Healthcare Electronic Health Record Data

ICPE 20172017

Le HV, Monica G. Kobayashi, Aaron W. Kamauu et al.

Using algorithms to identify High Disease Activity Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis patients using electronic health record data with natural language processing

ECTRIMS 2017, MS Paris2017

Aaron W. Kamauu, Le HV, Truong CT, H.R. Crooke, J.R. Holmen, C.L. Fillmore, M. Sabidó-Espin, Schiffon L. Wong.

Using United States Integrated Delivery Network (IDN) Electronic Health Records (EHR)/Natural Language Processing (NLP)-Based Algorithms to Identify Relapses in Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis (RRMS) Patients

ECTRIMS 2017, MS Paris2017

Aaron W. Kamauu, Le HV, Truong CT, H.R. Crooke, J.R. Holmen, C.L. Fillmore, M. Sabidó-Espin, S.L. Wong.

Developing United States integrated delivery network (IDN) claims-based algorithms to identify relapses in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) patients

ECTRIMS 2017, MS Paris2017

Aaron W. Kamauu, Le HV, Truong CT, H.R. Crooke, J.R. Holmen, C.L. Fillmore, M. Sabidó-Espin, Schiffon L. Wong.

Creating a healthcare claims-based adaptation of Kurtzke Functional Systems Scores for assessing multiple sclerosis severity and progression

ECTRIMS 2017, MS Paris2017

Chi T.L. Truong, Le HV, Aaron W. Kamauu, J.R. Holmen, C.L. Fillmore, M.G. Kobayashi, M. Sabidó-Espin, Schiffon L. Wong.

Performance of Electronic Health Record- and Healthcare Claims-Based Algorithms to Identify Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis in U.S. Integrated Delivery Network Healthcare Database

AMIA 20172017

Aaron W. C. Kamauu, John R. Holmen, Christopher L. Fillmore, Le HV, Andy Wilson, Truong CT, Canter Martin, Schiffon L. Wong.

Potential cost saving opportunities with early use of omadacycline in hospitalized patients with ABSSSI with inadequate early response to vancomycin (VAN) plus piperacillin-tazobactam (TZP)

AMCP 20172017

Kenneth La Pensee, Thomas Lodise, C. Graham et al, Le HV, Canter Martin, R. Mistry, K. Young.

Lessons learned in identifying relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) in United States integrated delivery network healthcare claims and electronic health record (EHR) data

ISPOR 20172017

Le HV, Truong CT, Kamauu A, John Holmén, Chris Fillmore, Meritxell Sabidó-Espin, Schiffon Wong.

Characteristics of Hospitalized Patients with ABSSSI Treated with Vancomycin at Greatest Risk for Prolonged Hospital Length of Stay in an Integrated Delivery Network

ASM Microbe 2017, New Orleans, LA2017

Kenneth LaPensee, Thomas Lodise, Canter Martin, Le HV.

Patient Populations at Greatest Risk for Hospital Readmission or Repeat Emergency Department Visit within 30 Days of Hospital Discharge among Hospitalized Pts with Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections (ABSSSIs) Treated with Vancomycin

ASM Microbe 2017, New Orleans, LA2017

Kenneth LaPensee, Thomas Lodise, Canter Martin, Le HV.

Evaluation of Facebook and Twitter Monitoring to Detect Safety Signals for Medical Products: An Analysis of Recent FDA Safety Alerts

Drug Safety, 2017; 40(4):317–3312017

Carrie Elizabeth Pierce, Khaled Bouri, Carol Pamer et al.

DOI: 10.1007/s40264-016-0491-0

Can Facebook and Twitter Monitoring Yield Earlier Detection of Safety Signals for Medical Products?

ICPE 2016, Dublin, Ireland2016

Carrie Elizabeth Pierce, Khaled Bouri, Carol Pamer, Scott Proestel, Harold Rodriguez, Le HV et al.

The Relationship Between Blood Eosinophils and Clinical Characteristics in a Cross-Sectional Study of a US Population-Based COPD Cohort

Respiratory Medicine, 2016; 112:88–962016

DiSantostefano RL, Le HV, Hinds D et al.

DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2016.01.013

Can assessment of disease burden prior to changes in initial COPD maintenance treatment provide insight into remaining unmet needs? A retrospective database study in UK primary care

Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 20162016

Sarah Landis, Keele Wurst, Le HV et al.

DOI: 10.1080/15412555.2016.1240159

Identification of responders to inhaled corticosteroids in a COPD population using cluster analysis

BMJ Open, 2016; 6:e0100992016

David R. Hinds, DiSantostefano RL, Le HV et al.

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015010099

Patient characteristics and treatment patterns over 24 months among COPD patients initiating long-acting bronchodilator prescription in the UK primary care setting

Respiratory Research, 2015; 16:1412015

Yogesh S Punekar, Sarah Landis, Keele Wurst, Le HV.

DOI: 10.1186/s12931-015-0295-2

Replicating FDA’s Sentinel Modular Programs

ICPE 20152015

Le HV, Charlotte Carroll, John Logie, Carlyne Averell, Truong CT, Jennifer Christian.

Effects of Grouping of Medical Codes on the Performance of the High-Dimensional Propensity Score (hd-PS) Algorithm in Small Sample, Rare Outcome Incidence, and Low Exposure Prevalence

CSEB 20152015

Le HV, Charles Poole, M. Alan Brookhart, Victor J. Schoenbach, Kathleen J. Beach, Til Stürmer.

Medications and Events Most Commonly Discussed in Facebook and Twitter

AMIA 2015 Annual Symposium2015

Heidi G. Bell, Lorrie Schifano, Laurie S. Anderson, Gregory E. Powell, Le HV, Harold Rodriguez.

The Relationship Between Blood Eosinophils and Clinical Characteristics in a Cross-Sectional Study of a US Population-Based COPD Cohort

American Thoracic Society International Conference, Denver 20152015

DiSantostefano RL, Le HV, Hinds D, Bakerly ND.

COPD patient clusters that benefit most from fluticasone furoate added to vilanterol (FF/VI) vs. vilanterol (VI)

American Thoracic Society International Conference, Denver 20152015

David Hinds, DiSantostefano RL, Le HV, Steven Pascoe.

Risk of pneumonia with inhaled corticosteroid versus long-acting bronchodilator regimens in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a new-user cohort study

PLoS One, 2014; 9(5):e971492014

DiSantostefano RL, Tim Sampson T, Le HV et al.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097149

Race-specific Prevalence and Risk Factors for Cutaneous Psoriasis in a U.S. Population-Based Cohort

ICPE Taiwan 20142014

Le HV, Truong CT, Julie Priest, Carlyne Averell, Charlotte Carroll, Martin Crane.

Identification of Heart Failure by Diagnoses and Cardiac Tests in a U.S. Electronic Health Records Database

ICPE Taiwan 20142014

Le HV, Truong CT, Julie Priest, Julia DiBello, Carlyne Averell.

Characteristics of patients newly prescribed a long-acting bronchodilator in the United Kingdom (UK)

European Respiratory Society Annual Congress, Munich 20142014

Sarah Landis, Keele Wurst, Le HV, Hana Muellerova, Kourtney Davis.

Utilization of the Marketscan National Weights from the HIF to Estimate Quality Measures for Asthma, COPD, and Diabetes in the U.S. Commercial Employer Sponsored Health Insured Population

ISPOR Montreal, 20142014

Charlotte Carroll, Le HV, Chao Lu, Julie Priest.

Economic cost of adverse events per course of therapy with commonly used regimens for the treatment of first-line chronic lymphocytic leukemia

ISPOR Montreal, 20142014

Matthew Monberg, Amit Shukla, Le HV, Thomas Lin, Gaetano Bonifacio.

Examination Of Smoking Behavior And Comorbid Asthma In Adults With Severe COPD: Analysis Of The 2009-2010 National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

American Thoracic Society International Conference 20142014

Robert Y. Suruki, Le HV, Frank C. Albers.

DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2014.189.1_MeetingAbstracts.A5921

Effects of Aggregation of Drug and Diagnostic Codes on the Performance of the High Dimensional Propensity Score Algorithm: An Empirical Example

BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2013; 13:1422013

Le HV, Charles Poole, Alan M. Brookhart et al.

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-142

Benefits of different propensity score methods for evaluation of associations and channeling bias over time: Pneumonia and Inhaled corticosteroid in a COPD new user cohort

ICPE 20132013

Le HV, Rachael L DiSantostefano, Tim Sampson, Truong CT, Kourtney J. Davis.

Prevalence, Selected Co-Morbidities and Systemic Therapies in a U.S. Population-Based Cutaneous Psoriasis Cohort

ICPE 20132013

Le HV, Truong CT, Julie Priest, Carlyne Averell, Joe Eastman, Martin Crane.

Identification of Pregnancy by a Coding Algorithm in a U.S. Administrative Healthcare Database

ICPE 20132013

Le HV, Truong CT, Charlotte Carroll, Julie Priest, Sara Ephross, Carlyne Averell.

A new-user cohort study comparing the risk of pneumonia in inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) and long-acting bronchodilators (LABD) in COPD

European Respiratory Society, 20132013

Rachael L DiSantostefano, T Sampson, Le HV, D Hinds, KJ Davis, N Diar Bakerly.

A Clinical Classification Dictionary for Read Codes in the General Practice Research Database

ICPE 20122012

Le HV, Truong CT, David Webb, Lakshmi Mynepalli, Elizabeth Hodgson, Dimitri Bennett, John Logie, Carlyne Averell.

Development and Evaluation of Claims-Based Algorithms to Identify Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease

ICPE 20122012

Le HV, Chi T.L. Truong, Charlotte F. Carroll, Jennifer B. Christian, David A. Webb, Samantha A. St. Laurent, Amit Shukla, John W. Logie, Carlyne Averell.

Performance of a semi-automated approach for risk estimation using a common data model for longitudinal healthcare databases

Statistical Methods in Medical Research, 2011; 0(0):1–172011

Le HV, Kathleen J Beach, Gregory Powell et al.

DOI: 10.1177/0962280211403599

Propensity Score (PS) Variable Selection with the High Dimensional PS (hd−PS) Algorithm as a Function of Cohort Size, Exposure Prevalence, and Outcome Incidence

ICPE 20112011

Le HV, Charles Poole, Alan Brookhart, Kathleen Beach, Til Stürmer.

Performance of a Coding Algorithm to Identify Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI) in a Longitudinal Healthcare Claims Database

ICPE 20112011

Le HV, Truong CT, Carlyne Averell.

Incidence of Clinical Types and Risk Factors for Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI) in a Large Longitudinal Claims Database

ICPE 20112011

Le HV, Truong CT, Carlyne Averell.

Using Observational Databases to Better Inform and Plan Clinical Trials: The Clinical Trial Planning Toolkit

ICPE 20112011

Jennifer B. Christian, Samantha St. Laurent, Charlotte Carroll et al.

Clinical Patterns and Factors Associated with Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI) in a Large Longitudinal Healthcare Claims Database

Annual Scientific Retreat, Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Chapel Hill, NC 20112011

Le HV, Truong CT, Carlyne Averell.

Effect of different trimming methods for propensity score distribution on risk estimates

6th Annual Chapel Hill Drug Conference, 20112011

Le HV, Kathleen Beach.

Association between cervical dysplasia and human papillomavirus in HIV seropositive women from Johannesburg South Africa

Cancer Causes & Control, 2010; 21(3):433–4432010

Cynthia Firnhaber, Le HV, Audrey Pettifor et al.

DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9475-z

Effect of different trimming methods for propensity score distribution on risk estimates

ICPE 20102010

Le HV, Kathleen Beach.

Automated robust mapping GPRD medical diagnosis Read codes to SNOMED CT for OMOP project

ICPE 20102010

Le HV, Kathleen Beach.

Herpes simplex virus type 2 seropositivity among ever married women in north and south Vietnam: a population-based study

Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2009; 36(10):616–6202009

Le HV, Schoenbach VJ, Herrero R et al.

Advantages of Mapping ICD-9-CM into SNOMED CT Concepts and Hierarchy

ICPE 20092009

Le HV, Kathleen Beach.

Performance of a Semi-automated Process for Estimation of Risk in a Claims Database

ICPE 20092009

Kathleen Beach, Le HV, Powell G, Pattishall E, Ryan P, Mera R.

Advanced Topics in Causal Inference: Propensity Score and Related Models. Performance of a Semi-automated Process for Estimation of Risk in Observational Databases

UNC-SOWO 919 course, Dec 20092009

Le HV et al.

A Systematic Approach for Unassigned ICD-9 Codes in a Health Insurance Claims Database

ICPE 20082008

Le HV, Kathleen J Beach.

Effect of antiretroviral therapy on cervical lesions among HIV seropositive women in Johannesburg, South Africa

24th International Papillomavirus Conference and Clinical Workshop, Beijing, China 20072007

Firnhaber C, Le HV, Pettifor A, Schulze D, Williams S, Michelow P, Sanne I, Lewis D, William B, Williamson A, Allan B, Williams S, van der Horst C, Smith JS.

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