Continuous and group sequential conditional probability ratio tests for phase II clinical trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2037-2051

  Tan, Ming ^a   Xiong, Xiaoping ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE;

CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PROBABILITY; SAMPLING STUDIES; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 0029767471     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19961015)15:19<2037::AID-SIM339>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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