A bootstrap-based test for establishing noninferiority in clinical trials

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 357-363

  Chen, Michael ^a   Kianifard, Farid ^a   Dhar, Sunil K ^b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active control; Equivalence

Indexed keywords

NEW DRUG; PLACEBO;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAP BASED TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 33646234267     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543400600609478     Document Type: Article

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