A swimmer plot is a graphical tool used to display individual trajectories over time. A swimmer plot is able to tell a full story using horizontal bars to represent each subject (or study unit), while lines, points, and arrows are utilized to display additional information.

Through the use of ODS Statistical Graphics procedures this paper will demonstrate step-by-step how to generate a swimmer plot that can be used to tell the story of tumor response for subjects in a clinical trial.

Jun 22, 2014 · A swimmer plot is a graphical way of showing multiple pieces of a subject’s response 'story' in one glance." The final graph includes a bar showing the length of treatment duration for each patient, classified by the disease stage …

Feb 9, 2020 · A “Swimmer Plot” is a graphical way of displaying several aspects of a subject’s tumor response such as total time to tumor response, whether there was a “Complete” or “Partial” response, and duration of response.

Sep 8, 2014 · A swimmer plot uses markers (swimmers) drawn along bars (swimming pool lanes) to track parallel events. Make an easy one in Excel with an XY scatter chart.

Swimmer plots are an effective graphical presentation of longitudinal data such as periods of treatment/observation, occurrences of events, and the durations of events or subject status.

Swimmer Lane plots can visually tell each subject’s response story with exact data labels, such as, which time point has Complete Response, or which point has Disease Progression (PD), or Death. Different colored bars distinguish different types of tumor or stage.

The swimmer_plot() function includes the option for a bar to change colours. Each section of the bars should be in a different row, where each row includes the time that section ends.

A swimmer plot is a graphical way of showing a subject’s response to a treatment over time. It includes a bar for each subject in the study showing the length of treatment duration for each patient, classified by the disease stage at baseline.

Swimmer plots are used to show a patient’s response over time (i.e. days), or by treatment course cycle.