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Uttam Bandyopadhyay¹, Rahul Bhattacharya

¹Department of Statistics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. ubandyopadhyay08@gmail.com

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This study introduces a novel adaptive allocation design for clinical trials, improving treatment assignment fairness by considering patient covariate order. The method ensures balanced group sizes for better treatment effect estimation.

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Area of Science:

Biostatistics
Clinical Trial Design
Medical Informatics

Background:

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for evaluating treatment efficacy.
Traditional fixed randomization methods can lead to imbalances in patient characteristics, especially in smaller trials.
Response-adaptive randomization aims to improve trial efficiency and ethical considerations by allocating more patients to successful treatments.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a novel urn-based covariate-adjusted response-adaptive randomization design.
To incorporate the ordered nature of covariates into the allocation procedure.
To evaluate the performance of this new design in a hypothetical clinical trial setting.

Main Methods:

Development of an urn-based allocation algorithm that adjusts for ordered covariates.
Theoretical analysis of the proposed allocation procedure's properties.
Numerical simulations and investigation of the design's performance in a simulated clinical trial.

Main Results:

The proposed covariate-adjusted response-adaptive design demonstrates effective balancing of patient groups based on ordered covariates.
Theoretical assessments confirm the validity and desirable properties of the allocation procedure.
Simulations indicate favorable performance in a relevant clinical trial context, potentially improving efficiency and fairness.

Conclusions:

The novel urn-based covariate-adjusted response-adaptive design offers a promising approach for clinical trials.
Incorporating ordered covariates enhances the fairness and efficiency of treatment allocation.
This design warrants further consideration for application in future clinical research.