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1Institut für Mathematische Stochastik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany. freitag@math.uni-goettingen.de
Abstract:
We suggest non-parametric tests for showing non-inferiority of a new treatment compared to a standard therapy when data are censored. To this end the difference and the odds ratio curves of the entire survivor functions over a certain time period are considered. Two asymptotic approaches for solving these testing problems are investigated, which are based on bootstrap approximations. The performance of the test procedures is investigated in a simulation study, and some guidance on which test to use in specific situations is derived. The proposed methods are applied to a trial in which two thrombolytic agents for the treatment on acute myocardial infarction were compared, and to a study on irradiation therapies for advanced non-small-cell lung cancer. Non-inferiority over a large time period of the study can be shown in both cases.
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