Monitoring futility in a two-by-two factorial design: The SPS3 experience

Clinical Trials

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 250-256

  McClure, Leslie A ^a   Coffey, Christopher S ^b   Howard, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTORIAL DESIGN; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SIMULATION; STUDY DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL FUTILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE;

EID: 84876537996     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774512474374     Document Type: Article

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