Multiple comparisons of repeatedly measured response: Issues of validation testing in thorough QT/QTc clinical trials

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 654-664

  Tsong, Yi ^a   Yan, Lihan K ^a   Zhong, Jinglin ^a   Nie, Lei ^a   Zhang, Joanne ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Assay sensitivity; Bonferroni adjustment; Controlling type I error rate; Hochberg adjustment; Holm method; Length theorem; Multiple comparisons

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM PATTERN; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLACEBO EFFECT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77951690213     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543400903582059     Document Type: Article

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