Data monitoring in clinical trials using prediction

Drug Information Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 733-742

  Evans, Scott R ^a   Li, Lingling ^a   Wei, L J ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Data monitoring; Interim analyses; Predicted intervals; Prediction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EFFECT SIZE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTED INTERVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 36249028240     PISSN: 00928615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/009286150704100606     Document Type: Article

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