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Stopping rules for phase II studies

Stallard, N., Whitehead, J., Todd, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9981-923X and Whitehead, A. (2001) Stopping rules for phase II studies. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 51 (6). pp. 523-529. ISSN 0306-5251

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1046/j.0306-5251.2001.01381.x

Abstract/Summary

This paper, the second in a series of three papers concerned with the statistical aspects of interim analyses in clinical trials, is concerned with stopping rules in phase II clinical trials. Phase II trials are generally small-scale studies, and may include one or more experimental treatments with or without a control. A common feature is that the results primarily determine the course of further clinical evaluation of a treatment rather than providing definitive evidence of treatment efficacy. This means that there is more flexibility available in the design and analysis of such studies than in phase III trials. This has led to a range of different approaches being taken to the statistical design of stopping rules for such trials. This paper briefly describes and compares the different approaches. In most cases the stopping rules can be described and implemented easily without knowledge of the detailed statistical and computational methods used to obtain the rules.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics > Applied Statistics
ID Code:51884
Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell

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