Sequential experimentation in clinical trials [electronic resource] : design and analysis / Jay Bartroff, Tze Leung Lai, Mei-Chiung Shih.

This book presents an integrated methodology for sequential experimentation in clinical trials. The methodology allows sequential learning during the course of a trial to improve the efficiency of the trial design, which often lacks adequate information at the planning stage. Adaptation via sequenti...

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Main Author: Bartroff, Jay
Other Authors: Lai, T. L., Shih, Mei-Chiung
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer, ©2013.
Series:Springer series in statistics ; 298.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Nonlinear Regression, Experimental Design, and Phase I Clinical Trials
  • Sequential Testing Theory and Stochastic Optimization Over Time
  • Group Sequential Design of Phase II and III Trials
  • Sequential Methods for Vaccine Safety Evaluation and Surveillance in Public Health
  • Time-Sequential Design of Clinical Trials with Failure-Time Endpoints
  • Confidence Intervals and p-Values
  • Adaptive Design of Confirmatory Trials.