Multiple comparisons of treatments with stable multivariate tests in a two-stage adaptive design, including a test for non-inferiority

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 951-965

  Kropf, Siegfried ^b   Hommel, Gerhard ^c   Schmidt, Uwe ^a   Brickwedel, Jens ^a   Jepsen, Marilene Sophia ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Multiple comparisons; Non inferiority; Stabilized multivariate tests; Tests with ordered hypotheses; Two stage adaptive design

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE DESIGNS; CLINICAL PROBLEMS; CLINICAL TRIAL; LINEAR CONTRASTS; MULTIPLE COMPARISON; NON-INFERIORITY; STABILIZED MULTIVARIATE TEST; TEST WITH ORDERED HYPOTHESIS; TOLERANCE LIMITS; TWO-STAGE ADAPTIVE DESIGN;

EID: 0034554939     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4036(200012)42:8<951::aid-bimj951>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Review

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