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  • Clinical Trial Design
  • Statistical Methodology

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  • Adaptive group-sequential trials allow mid-term design modifications, improving data utilization.
  • Existing graphical methods using weighted Bonferroni tests may lose power with correlated test statistics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel graphical approach for adaptive group-sequential trials using a weighted parametric test.
  • To leverage the correlation structure between test statistics for increased statistical power.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a graphical approach employing a weighted parametric test.
  • Utilizing the correlation structure between test statistics in adaptive designs.
  • Simulation studies to evaluate power and Type I error rates.

Main Results:

  • The proposed parametric approach demonstrates higher power compared to the Bonferroni-based method.
  • Familywise Type I error is preserved with the new parametric approach.
  • The method effectively utilizes correlations between test statistics in adaptive settings.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed weighted parametric graphical approach offers a more powerful alternative for adaptive group-sequential trials.
  • This method is particularly beneficial in adaptive designs with treatment selection and seamless phase integration.
  • It efficiently utilizes natural correlations between test statistics when comparing multiple treatments to a control.