Hypothesis testing in the "gold standard" design for proving the efficacy of an experimental treatment relative to placebo and a reference

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 315-325

  Koch, Armin ^a   Röhmel, Joachim ^a  

^a Bundesinst Arzneimittel/Med Prod   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multiple hypothesis testing; Non inferiority; Three arm clinical trial

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

CLINICAL TRIAL; EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NONINFERIORITY TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARD; THREE ARM CLINICAL TRIAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

PLACEBO EFFECT; RESEARCH DESIGN; THERAPIES, INVESTIGATIONAL;

EID: 2642585618     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/BIP-120037182     Document Type: Review

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