Probabilistic foundation of confirmatory adaptive designs

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 107, Issue 498, 2012, Pages 824-832

  Brannath, W ^a   Gutjahr, G ^a   Bauer, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Combination test; Conditional error function; Conditional power; Conditional rejection probability; Confirmatory clinical trial; Sample size reassessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864383812     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2012.682540     Document Type: Article

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