Adaptive randomization for clinical trials

Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 719-736

  Rosenberger, William F ^a   Sverdlov, Oleksandr ^b   Hu, Feifang ^c  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive designs; Delayed response; Optimal allocation; Sequential analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COVARIATE ADAPTIVE RANDOMIZATION; COVARIATE ADJUSTED RESPONSE ADAPTIVE RANDOMIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOMIZATION; RESPONSE ADAPTIVE RANDOMIZATION; RESTRICTED RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING ERROR; STUDY DESIGN;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84863485865     PISSN: 10543406     EISSN: 15205711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10543406.2012.676535     Document Type: Review

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