Sample size re-estimation in group-sequential response-adaptive clinical trials

Statistics in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 3843-3857

  Morgan, Caroline C ^a  

^a Cardinal Systems   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive sampling; Interim analyzes; Internal pilot studies; Power family tests; Stein's test

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; CALCULATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0348149055     PISSN: 02776715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sim.1677     Document Type: Review

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