Sample size planning of two-arm superiority and noninferiority survival studies with discrete follow-up

In clinical trials using lifetime as primary outcome variable, it is more the rule than the exception that even for patients who are failing in the course of the study, survival time does not become known exactly since follow-up takes place according to a restricted schedule with fixed, possibly lon...

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Main Author: Wellek, Stefan (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 12 June 2017
In: Statistics in medicine
Year: 2017, Volume: 36, Issue: 20, Pages: 3123-3136
ISSN:1097-0258
DOI:10.1002/sim.7360
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sim.7360
Verlag, Volltext: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/sim.7360
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