Planning and analysis of repeated measures at key time-points in clinical trials sponsored by pharmaceutical companies

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 961-973

  Shih, Weichung J ^a   Quan, Hui ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ALENDRONATE; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0033617131     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0258(19990430)18:8<961::AID-SIM83>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Review

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