Testing bioequivalence for multiple formulations with power and sample size calculations

Pharmaceutical Statistics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 334-341

  Zheng, Cheng ^a   Wang, Jixian ^a   Zhao, Lihui ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

clinical pharmacology trial; multiplicity adjustment; power calculation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOEQUIVALENCE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FORMULATION; MULTIPLICITY-ADJUSTED TWO ONE-SIDED TESTS; POWER ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING ERROR; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG DESIGN; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY;

EID: 84863716270     PISSN: 15391604     EISSN: 15391612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pst.1522     Document Type: Article

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