Closed testing procedures for group sequential clinical trials with multiple endpoints

Biometrics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1188-1192

  Tang, Dei In ^a   Geller, Nancy L ^b  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Early stopping; Several treatments versus a control; Step down procedures; Strong type I error control

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSED TESTING PROCEDURE; EARLY STOPPING; ERROR CONTROL; SEQUENTIAL CLINICAL TRIALS; SEVERAL TREATMENT VERSUS A CONTROL; STEP DOWN PROCEDURES; STOPPING TIME; STRONG TYPE I ERROR CONTROL; TYPE-I ERROR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ERROR; HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032714063     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.1999.01188.x     Document Type: Article

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