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  • Biostatistics
  • Clinical Trial Design
  • Statistical Modeling

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  • Count data and recurrent events are frequent in clinical trials (e.g., multiple sclerosis relapses, heart failure hospitalizations).
  • Negative binomial distributions are commonly used to model such data.
  • Existing group sequential designs may not be optimally applied to negative binomial outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate group sequential testing procedures for clinical trials with negative binomial outcomes.
  • To provide methods for planning and analyzing such trials.
  • To ensure robust statistical inference for count data in clinical research.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed a group sequential testing procedure using Wald statistics and maximum likelihood estimators for negative binomial outcomes.
  • Derived the asymptotic distribution of the proposed test statistics.
  • Assessed finite sample properties via simulation studies motivated by real-world clinical trials (heart failure, multiple sclerosis).
  • Developed small-sample methods (Student's t-distribution, resampling) for improved Type I error control.

Main Results:

  • Confirmed that asymptotic normal theory for group sequential designs applies to negative binomial outcomes with Wald statistics and MLEs.
  • Simulation studies demonstrated the performance of the proposed methods across various practical settings.
  • The R package 'gscounts' is available for implementing these statistical methods.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed group sequential methods are suitable for planning and analyzing clinical trials with negative binomial outcomes.
  • The study provides validated statistical tools for count data analysis in clinical trials.
  • The research enhances the reliability of statistical inference for recurrent event data in medical research.