Defining information fractions in group sequential clinical trials with multiple endpoints

被引:3
作者
Xu, Tu [1 ]
Qin, Qin [1 ]
Wang, Xin [1 ]
机构
[1] AbbVie Inc, N Chicago, IL 60064 USA
关键词
Information fraction; Group sequential design; Family-wise error rate; Clinical trial;
D O I
10.1016/j.conctc.2018.03.005
中图分类号
R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
学科分类号
1001 ;
摘要
The group sequential design has been well understood and widely applied in designs of late phase clinical trial to enable potentially early stopping for efficacy or futility. The information fraction (IF) is one of the key elements to determine the decision boundary at the interim analyses. The family-wise error rate (FWER) control is highly critical for clinical trials with multiple endpoints to be tested. In this article, we illustrate the importance of properly defining the information fraction for each individual endpoint regarding the FWER control through the numerical evaluation and a case study.
引用
收藏
页码:77 / 79
页数:3
相关论文
共 11 条
[1]   INTERIM ANALYSIS - THE ALPHA-SPENDING FUNCTION-APPROACH [J].
DEMETS, DL ;
LAN, KKG .
STATISTICS IN MEDICINE, 1994, 13 (13-14) :1341-1352
[2]   SYMMETRIC GROUP SEQUENTIAL TEST DESIGNS [J].
EMERSON, SS ;
FLEMING, TR .
BIOMETRICS, 1989, 45 (03) :905-923
[3]   Hierarchical testing of multiple endpoints in group-sequential trials [J].
Glimm, Ekkehard ;
Maurer, Willi ;
Bretz, Frank .
STATISTICS IN MEDICINE, 2010, 29 (02) :219-228
[4]  
Kelly K., 2009, ONCOLOGY CLIN TRIALS
[5]  
Kotz S., 2000, CONTINUOUS MULTIVARI, V1, DOI 10.1002/0471722065
[6]   GROUP SEQUENTIAL-PROCEDURES - CALENDAR VERSUS INFORMATION TIME [J].
LAN, KKG ;
DEMETS, DL .
STATISTICS IN MEDICINE, 1989, 8 (10) :1191-1198
[7]   THE B-VALUE - A TOOL FOR MONITORING DATA [J].
LAN, KKG ;
WITTES, J .
BIOMETRICS, 1988, 44 (02) :579-585
[8]   DISCRETE SEQUENTIAL BOUNDARIES FOR CLINICAL-TRIALS [J].
LAN, KKG ;
DEMETS, DL .
BIOMETRIKA, 1983, 70 (03) :659-663
[9]   INFORMATION AND INFORMATION FRACTIONS FOR DESIGN AND SEQUENTIAL MONITORING OF CLINICAL-TRIALS [J].
LAN, KKG ;
REBOUSSIN, DM ;
DEMETS, DL .
COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-THEORY AND METHODS, 1994, 23 (02) :403-420
[10]   Testing a Primary and a Secondary Endpoint in a Group Sequential Design [J].
Tamhane, Ajit C. ;
Mehta, Cyrus R. ;
Liu, Lingyun .
BIOMETRICS, 2010, 66 (04) :1174-1184