Sample size/power calculations for population pharmacodynamic experiments involving repeated-count measurements

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1026-1042

  Ogungbenro, Kayode ^a   Aarons, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Count data; Mixed effects modeling; Poisson process; Population pharmacodynamics; Power; Sample size

Indexed keywords

OXYBUTYNIN; PLACEBO;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; DRUG FORMULATION; PHARMACODYNAMICS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALGORITHMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; HUMANS; MANDELIC ACIDS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PHARMACOKINETICS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SAMPLE SIZE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, URGE;

EID: 77955870463     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543401003619205     Document Type: Article

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