Estimation of a secondary parameter in a group sequential clinical trial

Biometrics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 589-597

  Gorfine, Malka ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimation; Group sequential test; Secondary parameter

Indexed keywords

MEAN SQUARE ERROR; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BETA-BLOCKERS; GROUP SEQUENTIAL TEST; HEART ATTACK; MEAN SQUARED ERROR; PARAMETERS ESTIMATORS; SECONDARY PARAMETER; SEQUENTIAL CLINICAL TRIALS; SEQUENTIAL TESTS; STOPPING TIME; UNBIASED ESTIMATOR;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROPRANOLOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0035024677     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2001.00589.x     Document Type: Article

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