Design and analysis of drop-the-losers studies using binary endpoints in the rare disease setting

The drop-the-losers design combines a phase 2 trial of k treatments and a confirmatory phase 3 trial under a single adaptive protocol, thereby gaining efficiency over a traditional clinical development approach. Such designs may be particularly useful in the rare disease setting, where conserving sample size is paramount, and control arms may not be feasible. We propose an unconditional exact likelihood (UEL) testing and inference procedure for these designs for a binary endpoint using small sample sizes, comparing its operating characteristics to existing methods. Additional practical considerations are evaluated, including the choice of stagewise sample sizes and effect of ties.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Journal of biopharmaceutical statistics - 31(2021), 4 vom: 04. Juli, Seite 507-522

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jazić, Ina [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xiaoyan [VerfasserIn]
Laird, Glen [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adaptive design
Binary endpoint
Drop-the-losers design
Interim analysis
Journal Article
Rare disease
Small sample size
Two-stage design

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Date Completed 25.11.2021

Date Revised 25.11.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/10543406.2021.1918139

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM326020497