Sample size re-estimation in clinical trials

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 348-357

  Proschan, Michael A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive clinical trials; Combination functions; Conditional error functions; Sample size re estimation; Two stage methods

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CLINICAL TRIAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION FUNCTION; CONDITIONAL ERROR FUNCTION; ERROR-FUNCTION; SAMPLE SIZE RE-ESTIMATION; SAMPLE SIZES; TWO-STAGE METHODS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PATIENT SELECTION; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT SELECTION; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 66349091397     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.200800266     Document Type: Article

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