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1 Overview of Clinical Trial Methodology |
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1.2 Clinical Trial Methodology |
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1.2.1 Randomization and Control |
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1.2.2 Kefauver-Harris Amendment and Its Impact on Clinical Trial Methodology |
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1.2.3 Categorization of Clinical Trial Methodology |
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1.3 Summary of Clinical Trial Methodology |
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2 Overview of the Drug Development Process and Regulation of Clinical Trials |
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2.2 The Drug Development Process |
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2.2.1 Pre-Investigational New Drug Exemption Application |
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2.2.2 Investigational New Drug Exemption Application |
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2.2.3 Phases of Clinical Trials |
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2.2.4 The New Drug Application |
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2.2.5 Post-FDA NDA Review Activities |
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2.3 History of Drug Regulation |
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2.3.1 The Pure Food and Drugs Act---1906 |
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2.3.2 The Sherley Amendment---1912 |
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2.3.3 The Food and Drug Administration---1930 |
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2.3.4 The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act---1938 |
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2.3.5 The Durham-Humphrey Amendment Act---1951 |
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2.3.6 The Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments---1962 |
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2.3.7 The Fair Packaging and Labeling Act---1966 |
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2.3.8 The DESI Review---1970 |
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2.3.9 The FDA Package Insert Requirement---1970 |
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2.3.10 FDA Review of OTC Products---1972 |
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2.3.11 The National Research Act---1974 |
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2.3.12 The Medical Device Amendments---1976 |
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2.3.13 The Good Laboratory Practices---1978 |
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2.3.14 Good Clinical Practice Guidelines---1978 |
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2.3.15 Protection of Human Subjects and IRB Standards---1981 |
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2.3.16 The Federal Anti-Tampering Regulations---1983 |
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2.3.17 The Orphan Drug Act---1983 |
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2.3.18 The Hatch-Waxman Act---1984 |
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2.3.19 The IND/NDA Rewrite---1983-1987 |
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2.3.20 Drugs for Life-Threatening Illnesses---1987 |
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2.3.21 Inclusion of Older Patients in Clinical Trials---1989 |
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2.3.22 Accelerated Approval---1992 |
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2.3.23 The Prescription Drug User Fee Act---1992 |
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2.3.25 The Food and Drug Modernization Act---1997 |
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2.3.26 PDUFA Renewed---1997, 2002, and 2007 |
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2.3.27 The Gender Guideline---1993 |
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2.3.28 The Demographic Rule---1998 |
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2.3.29 Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act---2002 |
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2.3.30 Pediatric Research Equity Act---2003 |
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2.3.31 Drug Safety Oversight Board---2005 |
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2.3.32 Other Regulations and Guidances |
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2.4 Principles of Adequate and Controlled Investigations |
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2.5 Content and Format of the IND |
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2.6 Content and Format of the NDA |
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2.6.3 Integrated Summaries |
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2.6.3.1 Integrated Summary of Efficacy |
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2.6.3.2 Integrated Summary of Safety |
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2.6.3.3 Integrated Summary of Benefit to Risk |
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2.7 Organizational Structure of the FDA |
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2.7.1 Overview of FDA Responsibilities |
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2.7.2 Centers and Offices of the FDA |
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2.7.3 Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research |
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2.7.4 Center for Devices and Radiological Health |
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2.7.5 Center for Drug Evaluation and Research |
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2.8 The FDA Review Process |
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2.9 Labeling and the Package Insert |
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2.10 Pharmaceutical Company Organization and Role of the Biostatistician |
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2.10.1 Pharmaceutical Company Organization Overview |
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2.10.2 Role of the Biostatistician |
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3 Ethical Considerations in the Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials |
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3.2 History and Evolution of Ethical Considerations in Clinical Trials: Key Milestones |
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3.2.2 The Declaration of Helsinki |
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3.2.4 21 CFR Parts 50 and 56 |
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3.2.6 International Conference on Harmonization on Good Clinical Practices |
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3.3 Independent Review Boards |
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3.3.1 Investigational Review Board |
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3.3.2 Data Safety Monitoring Board |
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3.4 Clinical Trial Ethics: Who Should Practice? |
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3.4.1 Protocol Development |
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3.4.1.2 The Biostatistician |
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3.4.1.3 Regulatory Affairs Expert |
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3.4.2 Clinical Trial Operations |
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3.4.2.1 Investigator and Site Personnel |
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3.4.3 Clinical Data Management |
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3.4.4 Biostatistical Analysis |
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3.4.5 Clinical Trial Study Report |
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3.4.6 Dissemination of Results |
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3.5 Informed Consent, Sample Size and Power |
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3.6 Common Ethical Principles of Various Codes and Regulations |
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4 Sample Size Considerations in Clinical Trials Pre-Market Approval |
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4.2 Phases of Clinical Trials and Objectives |
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4.3 The Clinical Development Plan: Pre-Market Approval |
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4.4 Sample Size Requirements |
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4.4.1 Protocol Objectives as Specific Statistical Questions |
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4.4.3 Statistical Methods |
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4.4.4 Statistical Design Considerations |
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4.4.5 Numbers in Phase I Program |
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4.4.6 Numbers in Phase II Program |
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4.4.7 Numbers in Phase III Program |
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4.4.8 Other Sample Size Considerations |
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4.4.8.1 Relative Size of Trials and Detectable Differences |
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4.4.8.2 Three-Arm Efficacy Trial: Dose of New Drug, Placebo, and Dose of Marketed Drug |
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4.5.1 H2-Receptor Antagonist Duodenal Ulcer SNDA Program |
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4.5.2 Two Identical Studies in the Prevention of NSAID-Induced Gastric Ulceration |
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4.6.1 Axioms of Drug Development |
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4.6.2 Sample Size: Efficacy or Ethical Imperative? |
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4.6.3 Larger versus Smaller Trials |
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4.6.4 One-Sided versus Two-Sided Tests |
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4.6.5 Amalgamation of Phase IIB and Phase III Trials |
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5 Sequential, Group Sequential, Stochastic Curtailment, and Adaptive Design Procedures in Clinical Trials |
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5.2 Sequential Procedures |
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5.3 Group Sequential Procedures |
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5.3.2 Computational Aspects of the Contributions from Each Planned Interim Analysis to Overall P-Value and Power |
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5.3.3 A Three-Stage, Two-Treatment Trial |
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5.3.4.1 Conditional Partitioning of α or α Spending Method |
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5.3.4.3 The O'Brien/Fleming Method |
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5.3.4.4 Minimum Detectable Difference |
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5.4 Stochastic Curtailment |
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5.5 Adaptively Designed Clinical Trials |
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5.5.2 Group Sequential Design |
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5.5.3 Sample-Size Reestimation Design |
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5.5.5 Adaptive-Randomization Design |
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5.5.6 Biomarker-Adaptive Design |
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5.5.7 Multiple Adaptive Designs |
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6 Biostatistical Aspects of the Protocol |
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6.1 The Background or Rationale |
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6.3.2.2 Treatment Group Specification and Assignment |
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6.3.2.3 Packaging to Achieve Blinding |
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6.3.2.4 Concomitant Medication |
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6.4 Statistical Analysis Section |
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6.4.1 Study Objectives as Statistical Hypotheses |
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6.4.1.1 Primary, Secondary, Safety, or Other Objectives |
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6.4.1.2 Translating Protocol Objectives into Statistical Hypotheses |
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6.4.3 Statistical Methods |
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6.4.4 Statistical Monitoring Procedures |
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6.4.5 Statistical Design Considerations |
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6.5.1 Review and Consent Requirements |
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6.6 Protocol References Section |
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7 The Statistical Analysis Plan |
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7.3 Efficacy Data Collected and Protocol Schema |
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7.4 Primary and Secondary Efficacy Endpoints |
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7.4.1 Primary Efficacy Endpoint |
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7.4.2 Secondary Efficacy Endpoints |
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7.5 Objectives, Translated as Statistical Hypotheses |
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7.5.1 Primary Efficacy Objective as a Statistical Hypothesis |
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7.5.2 Secondary Efficacy Objectives as Statistical Hypotheses |
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7.5.2.1 Percent of Patients with Acute Kidney Injury by Study Day 56 |
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7.5.2.2 Cumulative Percent of Patients Surviving by Study Day 56 |
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7.5.2.3 SOFA Score at Study Day 28 |
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7.5.2.4 SOFA Score at Study Day 56 |
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7.6 Protocol Design Features |
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7.6.1 Experimental Design |
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7.6.2 Treatment or Intervention Groups |
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7.6.6 Number of Protocol Centers |
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7.7.1 Trial Populations for Statistical Analyses |
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7.7.2 Demographics, Baseline Characteristics, Eligibility, and Disposition |
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7.7.3.1 Primary Efficacy Analyses |
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7.7.3.2 Secondary Efficacy Analyses |
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7.7.3.3 Analyses of Generalizability across Subpopulations |
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8 Pooling of Data from Multicenter Clinical Trials |
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8.2 Multicenter Clinical Trial Experimental Setting |
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154 | (1) |
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8.4 Multicenter Clinical Trial Conduct |
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8.5 Biostatistical Analysis |
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8.5.1 Design-Based Analysis Strategy |
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8.5.1.1 Weighted Means and Variances |
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8.5.1.2 Inference on Treatment Effect |
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8.5.2 Model-Based Analysis Strategies |
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8.5.2.1 Fixed Center and Treatment Effects: No Interaction or No Significant Interaction |
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8.5.2.2 Center and Treatment as Fixed Effects: Significant Interaction |
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8.5.2.3 Random Center and Fixed Treatment Effects |
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8.6.1 Design-Based Inference |
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8.6.2 Model-Based Inference |
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9 Validity of Statistical Inference |
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9.2 Planning the Investigation |
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9.2.1 Research Question and Endpoints |
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9.2.2 Hypothesis Testing Framework |
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9.2.3 The Number of Subjects |
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9.2.4 Procedures for Conducting the Investigation |
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9.2.5 Data Collection, Computerization, and Quality Assurance |
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9.2.6 Statistical Methods |
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9.3 Conducting the Investigation |
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9.4 Statistical Analyses, Interpretation, and Inference |
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9.5 Reporting Results of Investigations |
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10 Bioequivalence Clinical Trials |
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10.2 Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism, and Excretion (ADME) |
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10.3.1 Basis for Estimating Bioavailability |
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10.3.2 Relative Bioavailability |
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10.3.3 Absolute Bioavailability |
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10.4 Factors that Affect Bioavailability |
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10.4.1 Formulation or Dosage Form |
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10.4.2 Routes of Administration |
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10.4.3 State of the Biological System |
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10.5 Blood Level Clinical Trials |
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10.6.1 Bioavailability Parameters or Endpoints Needed for Bioequivalence |
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10.6.2 Decision Criterion for Concluding Bioequivalence |
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10.7 Design of Bioequivalence Trials |
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10.7.1 The Objective of Bioequivalence |
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10.7.2 Experimental Design Considerations |
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10.7.2.1 The Type of Experimental Design |
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10.7.2.2 Drug Elimination Period |
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10.7.2.3 Times of Collection of Blood Samples |
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10.7.2.4 Specific Experimental Designs |
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10.7.4 Sample Size Determination |
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193 | (3) |
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10.7.5 Randomization and Blinding |
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10.7.6 The Statistical Analysis Section |
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10.7.6.1 Computation of Endpoints for Each Subject |
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10.7.6.2 Statistical Analysis of Concentrations and Bioavailability Endpoints |
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10.8 Analysis of Bioequivalence Trials |
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10.10 Pharmacokinetic Models |
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10.11 Support of Bioequivalence Trials in the Pharmaceutical Industry |
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202 | (1) |
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10.12.1 Parallel Bioequivalence Clinical Trial of Six Formulations with Sample Size Reestimation |
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203 | (1) |
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10.12.1.2 Six-by-Six Latin Square Design versus Six-Group Parallel Design |
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10.12.1.3 Sample Size Reestimation |
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10.12.2 Crossover Bioequivalence Trial |
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10.12.2.1 Background and Endpoint Computations |
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10.12.2.2 Test for Differential Carryover Effect |
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10.12.2.3 Inferential Analysis of Bioequivalence: Confidence Interval Approaches |
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10.12.2.4 Inferential Analysis of Bioequivalence: Bayesian Approaches |
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10.12.2.5 Inferential Analysis of Bioequivalence: Two One-Sided Tests |
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Appendix 10.A Bioequivalence Dataset |
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Appendix 10.B R Code with Detailed Annotations |
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222 | (4) |
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226 | (3) |
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11 Dose and Frequency Determination from Phase II Clinical Trials in Stress Test-Induced Angina |
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229 | (20) |
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11.2 Overview of Response Surface Methodology |
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11.3 Full Quadratic Response Surface Model |
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11.4 Phase II Clinical Trial Program in Stress Test-Induced Angina |
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11.4.1 Treatment Groups in the Original Protocols |
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11.4.3 Stress Testing and Dosing Considerations |
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234 | (1) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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11.4.6 Statistical Analyses |
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236 | (1) |
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11.4.6.1 Data and Descriptive Analyses |
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236 | (1) |
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11.4.6.2 Response Surface Methods Analyses |
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236 | (10) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (2) |
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12 Confirmation of Clinically Optimal Dosing in the Treatment of Duodenal Ulcers: A Phase III Dose Comparison Trial |
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249 | (22) |
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249 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (1) |
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12.4 Designing and Planning the Investigation |
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252 | (2) |
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12.4.1 Blinded Treatment Groups |
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252 | (1) |
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12.4.2 Sample Size Determination |
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253 | (1) |
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12.4.3 Entry Requirements and Assessment Schedule |
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253 | (1) |
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12.4.4 Primary and Secondary Endpoints |
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254 | (1) |
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12.5 Conducting the Investigation |
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254 | (1) |
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12.6 Statistical Analyses |
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255 | (9) |
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12.6.1 Statistical Analysis Methods |
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255 | (1) |
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255 | (1) |
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12.6.1.2 Interim Analysis |
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256 | (1) |
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12.6.2 Interim Analysis Results |
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257 | (1) |
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12.6.2.1 Numbers of Patients and Baseline Characteristics |
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257 | (1) |
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12.6.2.2 Distribution of Patients according to Ulcer Size |
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258 | (1) |
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12.6.2.3 Influence of Smoking Status and Ulcer Size on Ulcer Healing |
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258 | (2) |
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12.6.2.4 Cumulative Ulcer Healing |
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260 | (1) |
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12.6.2.5 Generalizability Assessment |
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261 | (1) |
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12.6.2.6 Complete UGI Pain Relief and Ulcer Healing |
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261 | (2) |
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12.6.3 Final Analysis Results |
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263 | (1) |
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12.7 Other Considerations |
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12.7.1 Bioequivalence Trial of Two 400 mg Tablets and One 800 mg Tablet |
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264 | (1) |
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12.7.2 Cimetidine-by-Drug Interaction Trials |
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264 | (1) |
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12.7.3 Study in the Elderly |
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264 | (1) |
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12.8 Innovative Aspects of the Clinical Trial Program |
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265 | (2) |
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12.8.1 Interim Analyses to Drop Placebo Arms |
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265 | (1) |
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12.8.2 Third-Party Blinding during Interim Analyses |
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265 | (1) |
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12.8.3 Trial Objectives as Only Three of Six Pair-Wise Comparisons |
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266 | (1) |
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12.8.4 Giving Up Information on Center Differences |
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266 | (1) |
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12.8.5 Assessment of Type of Monitoring by Treatment Group |
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266 | (1) |
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12.8.6 Association between Ulcer Healing and Smoking Status and Ulcer Size |
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266 | (1) |
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12.8.7 Utilization of Bivariate Graphical Methods |
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266 | (1) |
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12.8.8 Establishing Effectiveness Based on a Subset Analysis |
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266 | (1) |
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12.8.9 Maximum Use of Patients Screened with UGI Pain |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (4) |
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13 Pivotal Proof-of-Efficacy Clinical Trials in the Prevention of NANSAID-Induced Gastric Ulceration |
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271 | (12) |
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271 | (1) |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (2) |
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13.3.2 Inclusion Criteria |
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272 | (1) |
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13.3.3 Efficacy Endpoints |
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273 | (1) |
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13.3.4 Sample Size Determination |
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273 | (1) |
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13.3.5 Statistical Methods |
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274 | (1) |
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13.4 Monitoring and Data Management |
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274 | (2) |
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276 | (2) |
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278 | (2) |
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280 | (3) |
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14 Clinical Trials in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease Based upon Enrichment Designs |
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283 | (28) |
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283 | (2) |
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14.2 Enrichment Design Clinical Trials |
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285 | (1) |
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286 | (1) |
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14.4 Primary Efficacy Endpoints |
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286 | (1) |
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14.5 Sample Size Determination |
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287 | (1) |
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287 | (11) |
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14.6.1 Linear Model Analyses of Primary Efficacy Measures |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (3) |
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14.6.1.2 Double-Blind Phase |
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291 | (1) |
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14.6.1.3 Meta-Analyses of Results across Trials |
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292 | (1) |
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14.6.2 Population Pharmacodynamic/Pharmacokinetic, Nonlinear Mixed Effects Model Analyses |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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14.6.2.2 Requirements of the Model |
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294 | (1) |
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14.6.2.3 Model Parameters |
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295 | (1) |
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14.6.2.4 Model Formulation |
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295 | (2) |
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14.6.2.5 Computational Methods |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (8) |
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14.7.1 Titration Phase Data |
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298 | (1) |
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14.7.1.1 Detailed Titration Phase Results: Protocol 01 |
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298 | (4) |
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14.7.1.2 Titration Phase Results Summary: Protocols 01, 04, and 06 |
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302 | (1) |
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14.7.2 Double-Blind Parallel Phase Results Summary: Protocols 01, 04, and 06 |
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302 | (2) |
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14.7.3 Data from All Phases, PD/PK Results Summary: Protocols 01, 04, and 06 |
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304 | (2) |
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306 | (2) |
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308 | (3) |
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15 A Clinical Trial to Establish Reduction of CHD Risk |
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311 | (26) |
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311 | (1) |
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312 | (1) |
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15.3 Designing and Planning the Investigation |
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312 | (2) |
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15.3.1 Blinded Treatment Groups |
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313 | (1) |
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15.3.2 Sample Size Determination |
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313 | (1) |
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15.3.3 Entry Requirements |
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313 | (1) |
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15.3.4 Primary Efficacy and Safety Endpoints |
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313 | (1) |
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15.4 Conducting the Investigation |
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314 | (1) |
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315 | (1) |
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15.6 Statistical Analyses |
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315 | (11) |
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15.6.1 Methods for Double-Blind Phase |
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315 | (1) |
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15.6.2 Methods for Double-Blind and Open-Label Phases |
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316 | (1) |
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15.6.2.1 Classification Groups |
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316 | (1) |
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15.6.2.2 Data on Major Events |
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316 | (8) |
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15.6.2.3 Inferential Statistical Methods |
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324 | (2) |
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326 | (4) |
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15.7.1 Double-Blind Phase |
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326 | (1) |
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15.7.2 Double-Blind and Open-Label Phases |
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327 | (1) |
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15.7.2.1 Cardiac Endpoints |
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327 | (1) |
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15.7.2.2 All-Cause Mortality |
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328 | (1) |
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328 | (1) |
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15.7.2.4 Noncardiac Deaths |
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329 | (1) |
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15.7.2.5 Noncardiac, Noncancer Deaths |
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329 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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15.7.2.7 Cancer Diagnosis |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (3) |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (3) |
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16 Pivotal Proof-of-Efficacy Clinical Trials in the Treatment of Panic Disorder |
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337 | (10) |
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337 | (1) |
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16.2 Design of Pivotal Proof-of-Efficacy Trials |
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338 | (4) |
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16.2.1 Forced Titration Dose-Response Trial: Experimental Design |
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340 | (1) |
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16.2.2 Titration according to Response Trial: Experimental Design |
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340 | (1) |
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16.2.3 Efficacy Endpoints |
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340 | (1) |
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341 | (1) |
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16.2.4.1 Forced Titration Dose-Response Trial Objective |
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341 | (1) |
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16.2.4.2 Titration according to Response Trial Objective |
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341 | (1) |
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16.2.5 Sample Size Determination |
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342 | (1) |
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16.3 Traditional Statistical Analysis Methods |
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342 | (1) |
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16.4 Overview of Efficacy Results of the Two Trials |
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343 | (1) |
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16.5 Alternative Design and Analysis Strategies |
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343 | (2) |
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345 | (1) |
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345 | (2) |
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17 Combination Clinical Trials |
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347 | (14) |
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347 | (1) |
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17.2 Two-by-Two Factorial Design |
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348 | (1) |
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17.3 Effectiveness of the Combination |
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348 | (2) |
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17.4 Contribution of Components to the Effectiveness of the Combination |
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350 | (1) |
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17.5 Factorial Designs in Other Clinical Development Areas |
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350 | (1) |
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17.6 Example 1: Actifed® in the Treatment of SAR Following DESI Review |
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351 | (4) |
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17.6.1 Design and Randomized Treatment Groups |
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352 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
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17.6.3 Efficacy Endpoints |
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352 | (1) |
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17.6.4 Sample Size Requirements |
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352 | (1) |
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17.6.5 Statistical Analysis Methods |
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352 | (3) |
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17.7 Example 2: Crossover Trial of Actifed in the Treatment of SAR |
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355 | (1) |
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17.8 Example 3: Parallel Trial of Actifed in the Treatment of the Common Cold |
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356 | (2) |
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358 | (1) |
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358 | (3) |
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18 Monitoring Clinical Trials for Adverse Events |
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361 | (22) |
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361 | (1) |
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18.2 Designing for Safety: Antibiotic Rash Example |
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361 | (1) |
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18.3 Designing for Safety: Hypokalemia Example |
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362 | (1) |
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18.4 Designing for Safety: Hypertensive Rebound Example |
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362 | (1) |
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18.5 Premarket Approval Trials: Designed for Efficacy |
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363 | (1) |
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18.6 Premarket Approval Trials: Quality of Adverse Event Information |
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364 | (2) |
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18.7 Monitoring for Safety |
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366 | (1) |
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18.8 Statistical Methodology: Individual Trial |
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367 | (4) |
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18.8.1 Direct Comparison Methodology |
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368 | (1) |
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18.8.2 Indirect Comparison Methodology |
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369 | (1) |
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18.8.3 Connection between Direct and Indirect Comparison Methods |
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370 | (1) |
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371 | (5) |
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18.9.1 Adverse Event Data from a Clinical Trial |
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371 | (1) |
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18.9.2 The Classical Direct Comparison Confidence Interval Method |
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372 | (1) |
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18.9.3 The Indirect Comparison Confidence Interval Method |
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373 | (1) |
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18.9.4 Computing Significance or Confidence Levels for the Indirect Method |
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374 | (2) |
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18.10 Statistical Methodology: Across Trials |
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376 | (1) |
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376 | (2) |
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Appendix 18.A R Program to Analyze the Data in Table 18.2 |
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378 | (3) |
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381 | (2) |
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