Bayesian Design of Noninferiority Trials for Medical Devices Using Historical Data

Biometrics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1163-1170

  Chen, Ming Hui ^a   Ibrahim, Joseph G ^b   Lam, Peter ^c   Yu, Alan ^d   Zhang, Yuanye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^d Independent Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitting prior; Hierarchical model; Power prior; Sampling prior; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; FITTING PRIOR; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; HISTORICAL DATA; MEDICAL DEVICES; NON-INFERIORITY; POWER; POWER PRIOR; SAMPLING PRIOR; SIMULATION;

SAMPLING;

ALGORITHM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; DESIGN; ERROR ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL RECORD; SAMPLING;

EID: 80051752619     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: 15410420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2011.01561.x     Document Type: Article

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