Covariate-adjusted adaptive designs for continuous responses in a phase iii clinical trial: Recommendation for practice

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-239

  Biswas, Atanu ^a   Huang, Hui Hsin ^b   Huang, Wen Tao ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Immigration ball; Limiting proportion of allocation; Probit link; Proportion of allocation; Randomisation; Response driven adaptive design; Treatment difference; Urn model

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COVARIANCE; DRUG DESIGN; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL CONCEPTS;

CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 32844457064     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543400500508929     Document Type: Article

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