Sample Size Reassessment in Adaptive Clinical Trials Using a Bias Corrected Estimate

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 812-825

  Coburger, Silke ^a   Wassmer, Gernot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive designs; Early stopping; Group sequential test designs; Point estimation; Sample size reassessment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE DESIGNS; CLINICAL TRIAL; EARLY STOPPING; GROUP SEQUENTIAL TEST DESIGN; POINT ESTIMATION; SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION; SAMPLE SIZE REASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZES; SEQUENTIAL TESTS; TEST DESIGNS;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0141883605     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200390051     Document Type: Article

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