Group Sequential Methods with Applications to Clinical Trials (Hardcover)

Group sequential methods answer the needs of clinical trial monitoring committees who must assess the data available at an interim analysis. These interim results may provide grounds for terminating the study-effectively reducing costs-or may benefit the general patient population by allowing early dissemination of its findings. Group sequential methods provide a means to balance the ethical and financial advantages of stopping a study early against the risk of an incorrect conclusion.
Group Sequential Methods with Applications to Clinical Trials describes group sequential stopping rules designed to reduce average study length and control Type I and II error probabilities. The authors present one-sided and two-sided tests, introduce several families of group sequential tests, and explain how to choose the most appropriate test and interim analysis schedule. Their topics include placebo-controlled randomized trials, bio-equivalence testing, crossover and longitudinal studies, and linear and generalized linear models.
Research in group sequential analysis has progressed rapidly over the past 20 years. Group Sequential Methods with Applications to Clinical Trials surveys and extends current methods for planning and conducting interim analyses. It provides straightforward descriptions of group sequential hypothesis tests in a form suited for direct application to a wide variety of clinical trials. Medical statisticians engaged in any investigations planned with interim analyses will find this book a useful and important tool.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Chapman & Hall/CRC Interdisciplinary Statistics
Release date:	September 1999
First published:	2000
Authors:	Christopher Jennison • Bruce W. Turnbull
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-8493-0316-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Probability & statistics Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical laboratory testing & techniques Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Algebra > Groups & group theory Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Applied mathematics > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8493-0316-8
Barcode:	9780849303166

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