Development of gatekeeping strategies in confirmatory clinical trials

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 875-893

  Dmitrienko, Alex ^a   Millen, Brian A ^a   Brechenmacher, Thomas ^b   Paux, Gautier ^c  

^a ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b DAINIPPON SUMITOMO PHARMA CO LTD   (Japan)

^c SANOFI PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Familywise error rate; Multiple tests; Power

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILYWISE ERROR RATE; GATEKEEPING; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; MULTIPLE TEST; MULTIPLE TESTING; MULTIPLE-OBJECTIVES; POWER; TESTING PROCEDURE; TYPE I ERROR RATE;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 80755127017     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201100036     Document Type: Article

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