Preface |
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1 Introduction |
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1.2 Adaptive Designs in Clinical Trials |
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1.2.1 Group Sequential Design |
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1.2.2 Sample-Size Reestimation Design |
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1.2.5 Adaptive Randomization Design |
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1.2.6 Biomarker-Enrichment Design |
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1.2.7 Adaptive Dose-Escalation Design |
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1.3 Clinical Trial Simulation |
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1.4 Characteristics of Adaptive Designs |
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1.5 FAQs about Adaptive Designs |
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2 Classical Design |
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2.2 Two-Group Superiority |
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2.3 Two-Group Noninferiority Trial |
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2.4 Two-Group Equivalence Trial |
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2.5 Trial with Any Number of Groups |
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2.6 Multigroup Dose-Finding Trial |
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2.7 Summary and Discussion |
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3 Two-Stage Adaptive Confirmatory Design Method |
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3.2 Method Based on Sum of p-Values |
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3.3 Method with Product of p-Values |
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3.4 Method with Inverse-Normal p-Values |
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3.5 Comparisons of Adaptive Design Methods |
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4 K-Stage Adaptive Confirmatory Design Methods |
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4.2 Determination of Stopping Boundary |
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4.2.1 Analytical Formulation for MSP |
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4.2.2 Analytical Formulation for MPP |
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4.2.3 Stopping Boundaries for MINP |
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4.3 Error-Spending Function |
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4.4 Power and Sample Size |
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4.5 Error Spending Approach |
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5 Sample-Size Reestimation Design |
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5.1 Sample Size Reestimation Methods |
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5.1.1 The Blinded Approach |
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5.1.2 The Unblinded Approach |
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5.2 Comparisons of SSR Methods |
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5.3 K-Stage Sample Size Reestimation Trial |
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6 Special Two-Stage Group Sequential Trials |
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6.3 Adaptive Design with Farrington-Manning Margin |
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6.4 Noninferiority Trial with Paired Binary Data |
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6.4.1 Noninferiority Hypothesis |
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6.4.2 Prostate Cancer Diagnostic Trial |
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6.5 Trial with Incomplete Paired Data |
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6.5.1 Mixture of Paired and Unpaired Data |
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6.5.2 Minimum Variance Estimator |
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6.5.3 Retinal Disease Trial |
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6.6 Trial with Coprimary Endpoints |
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6.6.2 Group Sequential Trial |
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6.7 Trial with Multiple Endpoints |
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7 Pick-the-Winners Design |
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7.1 Overview of Multiple-Arm Designs |
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7.2 Pick-the-Winner Design |
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7.3 Stopping Boundary and Sample Size |
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7.4 Summary and Discussion |
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8 The Add-Arms Design |
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8.2.2 Controlling Selection Probability and Type-I Error |
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8.3 Clinical Trial Examples |
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8.3.1 Phase-II Dose-Finding Designs |
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8.3.2 Phase-II-III Seamless Designs |
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8.3.3 Phase-IV Postmarketing Study |
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8.4 Extension of Add-Arms Designs |
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8.4.2 Stopping Boundary and Selection Probability |
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8.4.3 Comparison of Power |
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9 Biomarker-Adaptive Design |
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9.2 Biomarker-Enrichment Design |
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9.3 Biomarker-Informed Adaptive Design |
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101 | (3) |
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10 Response-Adaptive Randomization |
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10.1 Basic Response-Adaptive Randomization |
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10.2 Generalized Response-Adaptive Randomization |
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10.3 Summary and Discussion |
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11 Adaptive Dose-Escalation Trial |
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11.1 Oncology Dose-Escalation Trial |
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11.1.1 Dose Level Selection |
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11.1.2 Traditional Escalation Rules |
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11.2 Continual Reassessment Method |
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11.2.1 Reassessment of Parameter |
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11.2.2 Assignment of Next Patient |
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11.3 Alternative Form CRM |
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11.4 Evaluation of Dose-Escalation Design |
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11.5 Summary and Discussion |
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12 Deciding Which Adaptive Design to Use |
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12.1 Determining the Objectives |
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12.2 Determining Design Parameters |
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12.2.2 Determine the Thresholds for α and β |
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12.2.3 Determine the Stopping Boundaries |
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12.3 Evaluation Matrix of Adaptive Design |
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12.3.1 Group Sequential Design |
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12.3.2 Sample-Size Reestimation Design |
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12.3.3 Dose-Finding Trial (Add-Arm, Drop-Arm Design) |
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12.3.4 Response-Adaptive Randomization |
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12.3.5 Dose-Escalation Design |
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12.3.6 Biomarker-Enrichment Design |
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12.3.7 Biomarker-Informed Design |
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13 Monitoring Trials and Making Adaptations |
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13.1 Stopping and Arm-Selection |
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13.3 Sample-Size Reestimation |
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13.4 New Randomization Scheme |
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14 Data Analyses of Adaptive Trials |
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14.1 Orderings in Sample Space |
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14.2.1 Definitions of p-Values |
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14.2.2 Simulation Approach |
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14.3 Parameter Estimation |
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15 Planning and Execution |
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15.2 Working with a Regulatory Agency |
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15.3.1 Dynamic Drug Supply |
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15.3.2 Data Monitor Committee |
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Appendix A Thirty-Minute Tutorial to R |
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A.2.5 Conditional Statement and Loop |
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A.2.6 Writing and Invoking R Function |
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Appendix B R Functions for Adaptive Designs |
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B.14 Commonly Used Stopping Boundaries |
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Bibliography |
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Index |
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