How large should a clinical trial be?

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series D: The Statistician

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-187

  Gittins, John ^b   Pezeshk, Hamid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bayesian approach; Clinical trials; Maximum expected net benefit; Sample size determination; Subsequent users of therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000717973     PISSN: 00390526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9884.00228     Document Type: Article

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