Adaptive trial designs

Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 101-110

  Lai, Tze Leung ^a   Lavori, Philip William ^a   Shih, Mei Chiung ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Group sequential; Randomization; Variance spending

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EFFECT SIZE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE SIZE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; STUDY DESIGN; THERAPY EFFECT;

BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84855908056     PISSN: 03621642     EISSN: 15454304     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-010611-134504     Document Type: Article

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