Group sequential analysis op a clinical trial with repeated measurements |
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Authors: | HI Patel |
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Institution: | Berlex Laboratories , Wayne, New Jersey, 07470-7358, U.S.A |
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Abstract: | Recently some work has been done in group sequential analysis for comparing two treatments with respect to the rate of change in a repeated measures design with staggered subject entries. We relax the involved assumption of linearity for the time-response curve and propose a group sequential procedure assuming multivariate normality with an ante-dependence structure for the repeated measurements obtained at protocol scheduled visits. The exit probabilities are determined through an a-spending function proposed by Lan and DeMets. A numerical example is given to illustrate the methodology. |
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Keywords: | ante-dependence structure monotone sample multivariate normality staggered entry |
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