Stopping clinical trials early for benefit: impact on estimation.

作者: Boris Freidlin , Edward L Korn

DOI: 10.1177/1740774509102310

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摘要: Background It has been suggested in the literature that well-known bias of treatment-effect estimators due to possibility early stopping for positive results is a major concern with inte...

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