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The LOCF assumes (unrealistically) that the missing data after patient's withdrawal are the same as the last value observed for that patient.
BP = blood pressure; HCTZ = hydrochlorothiazide; DBP = diastolic blood pressure; ITT = intent to treat; MCAR = missing completely at random; ICH = International Conference on Harmonization; LOCF last-observation-carried-forward; PMI = proper multiple imputation; MAR = missing at random; PI = partial imputation.
Another imputation method, which is in-between the LOCF and PMI, is the partial imputation (PI) or improved LOCF method [ 15 ] . The idea of this method is quite simple.
LOCF is popular among practitioners because it is simple to put into effect and because of a misconception that it is conservative (meaning working against an effective treatment group).
Since PI does less imputation, it is less biased than LOCF because the assumption of stability usually does not hold.