A Bayesian cost–benefit approach to the determination of sample size in clinical trials

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashi Kikuchi ◽  
Hamid Pezeshk ◽  
John Gittins
1990 ◽  
Vol 29 (03) ◽  
pp. 243-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. A. Moussa

AbstractVarious approaches are considered for adjustment of clinical trial size for patient noncompliance. Such approaches either model the effect of noncompliance through comparison of two survival distributions or two simple proportions. Models that allow for variation of noncompliance and event rates between time intervals are also considered. The approach that models the noncompliance adjustment on the basis of survival functions is conservative and hence requires larger sample size. The model to be selected for noncompliance adjustment depends upon available estimates of noncompliance and event rate patterns.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Howells ◽  
S. Gran ◽  
J. R. Chalmers ◽  
B. Stuart ◽  
M. Santer ◽  
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1966 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 511-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
R W Henningson

Abstract Bath level, sample temperature, rate of stirring, degree of supercooling, sample size, sample isolation, and refreezing of the sample were the variables in the thermistor cryoscopic method for the determination of the freezing point value of milk chosen for study. Freezing point values were determined for two samples of milk and two secondary salt standards utilizing eight combinations of the seven variables in two test patterns. The freezing point value of the salt standards ranged from –0.413 to –0.433°C and from –0.431 to –0.642°C. The freezing point values of the milk samples ranged from –0.502 to –0.544°C and from –0.518 to –0.550°C. Statistical analysis of the data showed that sample isolation was a poor procedure and that other variables produced changes in the freezing point value ranging from 0.001 to 0.011°C. It is recommended that specific directions be instituted for the thermistor cryoscopic method, 15.040–15.041, and that the method be subjected to a collaborative study.


1994 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 859-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P. McMahon ◽  
Michael Proschan ◽  
Nancy L. Geller ◽  
Peter H. Stone ◽  
George Sopko

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