Preface |
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1 Clinical Scenario Evaluation and Clinical Trial Optimization |
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1.2 Clinical Scenario Evaluation |
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1.2.1 Components of Clinical Scenario Evaluation |
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1.2.2 Software implementation |
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1.2.3 Case study 1.1: Clinical trial with a normally distributed endpoint |
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1.2.4 Case study 1.2: Clinical trial with two time-to-event endpoints |
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1.3 Clinical trial optimization |
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1.3.1 Optimization strategies |
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1.3.2 Optimization algorithm |
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1.3.3 Sensitivity assessments |
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1.4.1 Case study 1.3: Clinical trial with two patient populations |
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1.4.2 Qualitative sensitivity assessment |
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1.4.3 Quantitative sensitivity assessment |
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1.4.4 Optimal selection of the target parameter |
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1.5 Tradeoff-based optimization |
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1.5.1 Case study 1.4: Clinical trial with an adaptive design |
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1.5.2 Optimal selection of the target parameter |
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2 Clinical Trials with Multiple Objectives |
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2.2 Clinical Scenario Evaluation framework |
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2.3 Case study 2.1: Optimal selection of a multiplicity adjustment |
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2.3.2 Qualitative sensitivity assessment |
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2.3.3 Quantitative sensitivity assessment |
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2.3.4 Software implementation |
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2.3.5 Conclusions and extensions |
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2.4 Case study 2.2: Direct selection of optimal procedure parameters |
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2.4.2 Optimal selection of the target parameter in Procedure B1 |
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2.4.3 Optimal selection of the target parameters in Procedure B2 |
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2.4.4 Sensitivity assessments |
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2.4.5 Software implementation |
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2.4.6 Conclusions and extensions |
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2.5 Case study 2.3: Tradeoff-based selection of optimal procedure parameters |
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2.5.2 Optimal selection of the target parameter in Procedure H |
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2.5.3 Software implementation |
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2.5.4 Conclusions and extensions |
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3 Subgroup Analysis in Clinical Trials |
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3.2 Clinical Scenario Evaluation in confirmatory subgroup analysis |
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3.2.1 Clinical Scenario Evaluation framework |
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3.2.2 Multiplicity adjustments |
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3.2.3 Decision-making framework |
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3.3 Case study .1: Optimal selection of a multiplicity adjustment |
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3.3.2 Direct optimization based on disjunctive power |
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3.3.3 Direct optimization based on weighted power |
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3.3.4 Qualitative sensitivity assessment |
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3.3.5 Quantitative sensitivity assessment |
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3.3.6 Software implementation |
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3.3.7 Conclusions and extensions |
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3.4 Case study .2: Optimal selection of decision rules to support two potential claims |
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3.4.2 Influence condition |
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3.4.3 Optimal selection of the influence threshold |
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3.4.4 Software implementation |
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3.4.5 Conclusions and extensions |
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3.5 Case study 3.3: Optimal selection of decision rules to support three potential claims |
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3.5.2 Interaction condition |
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3.5.3 Optimal selection of the influence and interaction thresholds |
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3.5.4 Software implementation |
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3.5.5 Conclusions and extensions |
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4 Decision Making in Clinical Development |
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4.2 Clinical Scenario Evaluation in Go/No-Go decision making and determination of probability of success |
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4.2.1 Clinical Scenario Evaluation approach |
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4.2.2 Go/No-Go decision criteria |
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4.2.3 Probability of success |
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4.2.4 Probability of success applications |
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4.3.2 Software implementation |
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4.4 Case study 4.1: Bayesian Go/No-Go decision criteria |
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4.4.2 General sensitivity assessments |
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4.4.3 Bayesian Go/No-Go evaluation using informative priors |
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4.4.4 Sample size considerations |
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4.4.5 Software implementation |
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4.4.6 Conclusions and extensions |
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4.5 Case study 4.2: Bayesian Go/No-Go evaluation using an alternative decision criterion |
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4.5.2 Software implementation |
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4.5.3 Conclusions and extensions |
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4.6 Case study 4.3: Bayesian Go/No-Go evaluation in a trial with an interim analysis |
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4.6.2 Software implementation |
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4.6.3 Conclusions and extensions |
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4.7 Case study 4.4: Decision criteria in Phase II trials based on Probability of Success |
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4.7.2 Software implementation |
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4.7.3 Conclusions and extensions |
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4.8 Case study 4.5: Updating POS using interim or external information |
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4.8.2 Software implementation |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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