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Author:   Jianrong Wu (University of Kentucky)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781138033221

ISBN 10:   1138033227
Pages:   257
Publication Date:   18 June 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface List of Figures List of Tables 1. Introduction to Cancer Clinical Trials General Aspects of Cancer Clinical Trial Design Study Objectives Treatment Plan Eligibility Criteria Statistical Considerations Statistical Aspects of Cancer Survival Trial Design Randomization Stratification Blinding Sample Size Calculation 2. Survival Analysis Survival Distribution Exponential Distribution Weibull Distribution Gamma Distribution Gompertz Distribution Log-Normal Distribution Log-Logistic Distribution Survival Data Fitting the Parametric Survival Distribution Kaplan-Meier Estimates Median Survival Time Log-Rank Test Cox Regression Model 3. Counting Process and Martingale_ Basic Convergence Concepts Counting Process Definition Martingale Central Limit Theorem Counting Process Formulation of Censored Survival Data 4. Survival Trial Design Under the Parametric Model Introduction Weibull Model Test Statistic Distribution of the MLE test Sample Size Formula Sample Size Calculation Accrual Duration Calculation Example and R code 5. Survival Trial Design Under the Proportional Hazards Model Introduction Proportional Hazards Model Asymptotic Distribution of the Log-rank Test Schoenfeld Formula Rubinstein Formula Freedman Formula Comparison Sample Size Calculation Under Various Models Example Optimal Properties of the Log-Rank Test_ Optimal Sample Size Allocation Optimal Power Precise Formula Exact Formula 6. Survival Trial Design Under the Cox Regression Model Introduction Test Statistics Asymptotic Distribution of the Score Test_ Sample Size Formula 7. Complex Survival Trial Design Extension of the Freedman Formula Example and R code Lakatos Formula Markov Chain Model with Simultaneous Entry Computation Formulae Markov Chain Model with Staggered Entry Examples and R code 8. Survival Trial Design Under the Mixture Cure Model Introduction Testing Differences in Cure Rates Mixture Cure Model Asymptotic Distribution Sample Size Formula Optimal Log-Rank Test Comparison Example and R code Conclusion Testing Differences in Short- and Long-Term Survival Hypothesis Testing Ewell and Ibrahim Formula Simulation Example and R code Conclusion 9. A General Group Sequential Procedure Brownian Motion Sequential Conditional Probability Ratio Test Operating Characteristics Probability of Discordance SCPRT Design 10. Sequential Survival Trial Design Introduction Sequential Procedure for the Parametric Model Sequential Wald Test SCPRT for the Parametric Model Sequential Procedure for the Proportional Hazard Model Sequential Log-Rank Test Information Time SCPRT for the PH Model 11. Sequential Survival Trial Design Using Historical Controls Introduction Sequential Log-Rank Test with Historical Controls Sample Size Calculation Information Time Group Sequential Procedure Conclusion 12. Some Practical Issues in Survival Trial Design Parametric vs Nonparametric Model Nonproportional Hazards Model Accrual Patterns Mixed Populations Loss to Follow-Up Noncompliance and Drop-In Competing Risk A Likelihood Function For the Censored Data B Probability of Failure Under Uniform Accrual C Verification of the Minimum Sample Size Conditions D R Codes for the Sample Size Calculations E Derivation of the Asymptotic Distribution F Derivation of Equations for Chapter Bibliography Index

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""". . . this book provides a comprehensive introduction to statistical methods in cancer of sample size calculations and survival clinical trial designs from the classical techniques to the newly proposed formulae such as the mixture cure model and a group sequential trial design. This book has a vast list of citations and is an excellent reference for statisticians performing oncology research in the pharmaceutical industry or in other settings, and for graduate students in biostatistics or in related fields."" ~ Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics ""I would recommend this book for those that are starting to work with this kind of trial design and would like to have a good overview and source of knowledge for some not so common methods for more complex cancer trial designs, including simple formulae to implement in R to calculate sample sizes."" ~David Manteigas, ISCB Newsletter "". . . this book provides a comprehensive introduction to statistical methods in cancer of sample size calculations and survival clinical trial designs from the classical techniques to the newly proposed formulae such as the mixture cure model and a group sequential trial design. This book has a vast list of citations and is an excellent reference for statisticians performing oncology research in the pharmaceutical industry or in other settings, and for graduate students in biostatistics or in related fields."" ~ Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics ""I would recommend this book for those that are starting to work with this kind of trial design and would like to have a good overview and source of knowledge for some not so common methods for more complex cancer trial designs, including simple formulae to implement in R to calculate sample sizes."" ~David Manteigas, ISCB Newsletter"

. . . this book provides a comprehensive introduction to statistical methods in cancer of sample size calculations and survival clinical trial designs from the classical techniques to the newly proposed formulae such as the mixture cure model and a group sequential trial design. This book has a vast list of citations and is an excellent reference for statisticians performing oncology research in the pharmaceutical industry or in other settings, and for graduate students in biostatistics or in related fields. ~ Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics

Author Information

Jianrong (John) Wu is a professor in the Division of Cancer Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky. He has more than 15 years’ experience of designing and conducting cancer clinical trials at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and has developed several novel statistical methods for designing phase II and phase III survival trials.

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