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  • Pharmacometrics
  • Clinical Trial Design
  • Statistical Modeling

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  • Dose-finding studies compare new drug doses against an active control.
  • A key objective is identifying the minimum dose with equivalent efficacy to the active control.
  • Estimating the dose-response relationship is crucial for this determination.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a cubic spline-based method for estimating the target dose concentration.
  • To construct a spline-based confidence interval (CI) for the target dose.
  • To evaluate the performance of the cubic spline method against other statistical approaches.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a cubic spline approach to model the dose-response relationship without assuming a specific function.
  • Developed a bootstrap method for constructing a confidence interval around the estimated target dose.
  • Conducted simulation studies based on a real clinical trial to compare methods.

Main Results:

  • The cubic spline method provides a flexible approach to estimate target dose concentration.
  • While the point estimator can exhibit bias, specific designs can minimize this.
  • The spline-based confidence interval demonstrates satisfactory coverage probability, particularly in bias-minimized designs.

Conclusions:

  • Cubic spline-based methods offer a viable, flexible alternative for dose-finding studies.
  • Careful design selection is important for managing bias in spline-based estimators.
  • The method shows promise for accurately identifying equivalent therapeutic doses in clinical trials.