Interim analyses and sequential designs in phase III studies

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 394-399

  Todd, S ^a   Whitehead, A ^a   Stallard, N ^a   Whitehead, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Error rates; Monitoring; Sequential trials

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0034844323     PISSN: 03065251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2125.2001.01382.x     Document Type: Review

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