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Sample size calculation for randomized selection trials with a time‐to‐event endpoint and a margin of practical equivalence

Selection trials are used to compare potentially active experimental treatments without a control arm. While sample size calculation methods exist for binary endpoints, no such methods are available for time‐to‐event endpoints, even though these are ubiquitous in clinical trials. Recent selection tr...

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Autores principales: Dehbi, Hakim‐Moulay, Embleton‐Thirsk, Andrew, McCaw, Zachary Ryan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9544500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35688463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sim.9490
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Sumario:Selection trials are used to compare potentially active experimental treatments without a control arm. While sample size calculation methods exist for binary endpoints, no such methods are available for time‐to‐event endpoints, even though these are ubiquitous in clinical trials. Recent selection trials have begun using progression‐free survival as their primary endpoint, but have dichotomized it at a specific time point for sample size calculation and analysis. This changes the clinical question and may reduce power to detect a difference between the arms. In this article, we develop the theory for sample size calculation in selection trials where the time‐to‐event endpoint is assumed to follow an exponential or Weilbull distribution. We provide a free web application for sample size calculation, as well as an R package, that researchers can use in the design of their studies.