Repeated confidence intervals in self-designing clinical trials and switching between noninferiority and superiority

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 697-709

  Hartung, Joachim ^a   Knapp, Guido ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive planning; Early stopping; Group sequential clinical trials; Noninferiority; Repeated confidence intervals; Self designing; Switching to superiority

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADAPTIVE PLANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EARLY STOPPING; GROUP SEQUENTIAL CLINICAL TRIAL; NON-INFERIORITY; REPEATED CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; SELF-DESIGNING; SEQUENTIAL CLINICAL TRIALS; SWITCHING TO SUPERIORITY;

INVERSE PROBLEMS;

EID: 33748536409     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200510213     Document Type: Article

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