"Registry-based non-randomized studies for treatment comparisons"
Symposium
The project NANA team from the Department of Medical Statistics, University Medical Center Göttingen, is pleased to announce a symposium on current methods for registry-based non-randomized studies for assessing the benefits and harms of drugs and other medical interventions to support decision making (e.g., regulatory and Health Technology Assessment).
The symposium will be held on 26th of May 2026 from 11 am – 5 pm in Göttingen.
We will discuss insights and results from the NANA project and invited speakers will share their experiences and innovative methodological approaches at the intersection of statistics, data requirements, and regulatory requirements.
Find here the symposium programme as PDF.
Programme
- 11.00am - Arrival
- 11.30am - Welcome
Tim Friede (Department of Medical Statistics, UMG, Göttingen) - 11.40am - Design and Methods for Comparative Non-randomized Studies
Uwe Siebert (UMIT TIROL) - 12.10pm - Non-Randomized Studies for treatment comparisons using German Registry Data: Insights from the NANA Project
Paula Starke, Malik Enes Cakir, Maxi Schulz (Department of Medical Statistics, UMG, Göttingen) - 1.00pm - Light lunch
- 1.45pm - Target trial emulation and the importance of alignment at time zero: some examples using health claims data
Vanessa Didelez (BIPS, University of Bremen) - 2.15pm - to be announced
Sabine Hoffmann (LMU Munich) - 2.45pm - Marginal analysis of matched event history data - and the question when we would want to do this
Jan Beyersmann (Ulm University) - 3.15pm - Coffee break
- 3.30pm - Registry-based non-randomized studies in benefit assessments
Volker Vervölgyi (IQWiG) - 4.00pm - to be announced
Benjamin Hofner or Lucas Aguirre Davilla (Paul-Ehrlich-Institut) - 4.15pm - Panel discussion: When and how can non-randomized studies contribute robust real-world evidence? Aligning methods, data, and regulatory standards.
- 4.50pm - Closing remarks and farewell
Tim Friede (Department of Medical Statistics, UMG, Göttingen) - 5.00pm - End of symposium
Registration
Registration is free but required by 1 Mai 2026 at the latest.
For registration please contact Judith Heinz at judith.heinz(at)med.uni-goettingen.de.
Venue
Tagungszentrum an der Sternwarte
Großer Seminarraum
Geismar Landstr. 11b
37083 Göttingen