Simon's minimax and optimal and Jung's admissible two-stage designs with or without curtailment
Cornelia U. Kunz
Institute of Medical Biometry
and Informatics
University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Meinhard Kieser
Institute of Medical Biometry
and Informatics
University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Abstract. This article describes a new Stata command called simontwostage,
which calculates the critical values and sample sizes for two-stage designs for
phase II oncology trials. Options are provided to determine the minimax and
optimal designs proposed by Simon (1989, Controlled Clinical Trials 10: 1–10)
and admissible designs described by Jung et al. (2004, Statistics in Medicine 23:
561–569). Furthermore, nonstochastic and stochastic curtailment rules can be implemented
in both stages of the trial, and the properties of the curtailed designs
can be examined.
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