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Because patients may receive HCT at different times after CAR-T infusion or never, HCT post\u2013CAR-T should be considered as a time-varying covariate (TVC).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Standard Cox models and Kaplan-Meier (KM) curves (na\u00efve method) assume that TVC status is known and fixed at baseline, which can yield biased estimates. Landmark analysis is a popular alternative but depends on a chosen landmark time. Time-dependent (TD) Cox model is better suited for TVC although visualizing survival curves is complex. The newly proposed Smith-Zee method generates appropriate survival curves from TD Cox models.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To address these challenges, we developed an open-source R Shiny tool integrating multiple models (na\u00efve Cox, landmark Cox, and TD Cox) and curves (na\u00efve KM, landmark KM, Smith-Zee, and Extended KM) to facilitate TVC analysis. Reanalysis of post\u2013CAR-T HCT's effect on leukemia-free survival (LFS) showed consistent results between na\u00efve and TD Cox models, whereas landmark analyses varied by landmark time. A separate data analysis of chronic graft-versus-host disease and survival showed that substantial differences emerged across statistical methods. 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