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  • Biostatistics
  • Clinical Trial Design
  • Survival Analysis

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  • Group sequential design (GSD) enhances clinical trial efficiency through early termination options.
  • Traditional GSD methods often rely on the Cox proportional hazard (PH) assumption, which is frequently violated in practice.
  • Generalized tests exist but a more flexible approach is needed.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the application of a flexible threshold regression (TR) model in group sequential designs.
  • To evaluate the performance of TR in controlling type I error and increasing early stopping opportunities.
  • To assess TR's efficacy in scenarios with non-proportional hazards.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a threshold regression (TR) model based on "first hitting time" principles.
  • Simulated clinical trial data under various scenarios, including non-proportional hazards.
  • Compared the performance of TR against traditional methods within the GSD framework.

Main Results:

  • The threshold regression (TR) model effectively controls type I error in group sequential designs.
  • TR offers increased opportunities for early trial termination compared to conventional methods.
  • The model demonstrates robustness even when the proportional hazard assumption is violated.

Conclusions:

  • Threshold regression (TR) presents a viable and flexible alternative for group sequential clinical trial design.
  • TR enhances statistical power and efficiency, particularly in complex survival data scenarios.
  • This approach improves early stopping capabilities while maintaining rigorous type I error control.