Group Sequential Methods with Applications to Clinical Trials (Chapman & Hall/CRC Interdisciplinary Statistics)
By Unknown Author.
Description
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 des...
ISBN(s)
0849303168, 9780849303166
