Sample size recalculation for binary data in internal pilot study designs

Pharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 269-279

  Friede, Tim ^a   Kieser, Meinhard ^b,c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binary data; Clinical trial; Internal pilot study; Power; Sample size recalculation; Type I error rate

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; PARAMETER; PILOT STUDY; PLANNING; PROBABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10444240896     PISSN: 15391604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pst.140     Document Type: Article

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