Efficient design and inference for multistage randomized trials of individualized treatment policies

Biostatistics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 142-152

  Dawson, Ree ^a   Lavori, Philip W ^b  

^a FRONTIER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive treatment strategy; Efficient SP estimation; Maximum likelihood; Multi stage design; Sample size formula

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BIOSTATISTICS; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 83755205368     PISSN: 14654644     EISSN: 14684357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxr016     Document Type: Article

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