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http://dx.doi.org/10.5351/KJAS.2013.26.4.581

Confidence Bounds following Adaptive Group Sequential Tests with Repeated Measures in Clinical Trials  

Joa, Sook Jung (Global Biostatistics, ICON Clinical Research)
Lee, Jae Won (Department of Statistics, Korea University)
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The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics / v.26, no.4, 2013 , pp. 581-594 More about this Journal
Abstract
A group sequential design can end a clinical trial early if a confirmed efficacy or a futility of study medication is found during clinical trials. Adaptation can adjust the design of clinical trials based on accumulated data. The key to this methodology is considered to control the overall type 1 error rate while maintaining the integrity of clinical trials. The estimation would be more complex and the sample size calculation will be more difficult if the clinical trials have repeated measurement data. Lee et al. (2002) suggested a repeated observation case by using the independent increments properties of the interim test statistics and investigated the properties of the proposed confidence interval based on the stage-wise ordering. This study extend Lee et al. (2002) to adaptive group sequential design. We suggest test statistics for the adaptation as redesigning the second stage of clinical trials and induce the stage-wise confidence interval of parameter of interests. The simulation will help to confirm the suggested method.
Keywords
Confidence bounds; Adaptive group sequential test; stage-wise ordering;
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