Sample size adjustment in clinical trials for proving equivalence

Drug Information Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1401-1408

  Friede, Tim ^a   Kieser, Meinhard ^a  

^a DR WILLMAR SCHWABE GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control of the type I error rate; Equivalence trial; Interim analysis; Sample size adjustment; Sample size review

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ERROR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0035739515     PISSN: 00928615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009286150103500436     Document Type: Article

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