Adaptive allocation and failure saving in randomised clinical trials

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 817-829

  Bandyopadhyay, Uttam ^a   Bhattacharya, Rahul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b ASUTOSH COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptive allocation; Ethics; Optimality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ALGORITHMS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FLUOXETINE; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33751118768     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543400600762947     Document Type: Article

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