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Operating characteristics of a Simon two‐stage phase II clinical trial design incorporating continuous toxicity monitoring
Author(s) -
Ray H.E.,
Rai S.N.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pharmaceutical statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1539-1612
pISSN - 1539-1604
DOI - 10.1002/pst.510
Subject(s) - sample size determination , toxicity , clinical trial , stage (stratigraphy) , statistics , medicine , computer science , reliability engineering , mathematics , engineering , paleontology , biology
Phase II clinical trials are usually designed to measure efficacy, but safety is also an important end point. Previous authors recommended a method to monitor toxic events after each patient is enrolled, which is also known as continuously monitoring the toxicity. In this work, we investigate combining the usual Simon two‐stage design to monitor response with the continuous toxicity monitoring methodology. Theoretical justification is given for the nominal size, probability of early termination, and average sample size under the null hypothesis of the combined testing procedure. A series of simulations are performed to investigate the performance of the combined procedure. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.