Adaptive choice of patient subgroup for comparing two treatments

Adaptive choice of patient subgroup for comparing two treatments

    Adaptive Choice of Patient Subgroup for Comparing Two Treatments Tze Leung Lai, Philip W. Lavori, Olivia Yueh-Wen Liao PII: DOI: Refe...

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    Adaptive Choice of Patient Subgroup for Comparing Two Treatments Tze Leung Lai, Philip W. Lavori, Olivia Yueh-Wen Liao PII: DOI: Reference:

S1551-7144(14)00131-1 doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.09.001 CONCLI 1071

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Contemporary Clinical Trials

Received date: Revised date: Accepted date:

24 June 2014 30 August 2014 1 September 2014

Please cite this article as: Lai Tze Leung, Lavori Philip W., Liao Olivia Yueh-Wen, Adaptive Choice of Patient Subgroup for Comparing Two Treatments, Contemporary Clinical Trials (2014), doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.09.001

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Start 1st Interim Analysis 2nd Interim Analysis Accrue !! Test "! If eff, stop(J) If fut, select subgroup #$, test "%$ If eff, stop(#$) If fut, STOP Else accrue !%$& only Test "%$& If eff, stop(#$) If fut, STOP Else accrue !%$& only

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4!. ℓ = 1 !. 2) + P0 (ZJℓ < b 4!. ℓ = 1, 2, %'/ ZJ3 ≥ c) ≡ P1b + P1c .

@$# *#:!'/ 7%."- P0 (<::#7" HJ %'/ .#C#:" HIˆ)- &* +!)'/#/ +8 ′ P0 (Z˜Jℓ ≤ ˜b %'/ ZIℓˆ ≥ b

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ZIℓˆ < b

4!. ℓ ≤ ℓ′ < 3, %'/ ZI3ˆ ≥ c)

≡P2b + P2c .

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