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Selecting the best dose when a monotonic dose-response relation exists

E Russek-Cohen1, R M Simon

  • 1Department of Animal Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park 20742, USA.

Statistics in Medicine
|January 15, 1994
PubMed
Summary

This study introduces a method for choosing optimal treatments with monotonic dose-response relationships, avoiding higher doses that may cause side effects. Isotonic regression identifies the best dose, even when lower doses yield similar results.

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Area of Science:

  • Biostatistics
  • Clinical Trial Design
  • Pharmacology

Background:

  • Selecting optimal treatment doses is crucial in clinical trials.
  • Higher doses can increase side effects, making them suboptimal.
  • Existing methods may assume specific dose-response functions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel method for selecting the best treatment dose under monotonic dose-response relationships.
  • To address situations where higher doses may not be optimal due to side effects.
  • To provide a flexible approach applicable to various response variables.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing isotonic regression techniques to model dose-response relationships without assuming a specific functional form.
  • Focusing on scenarios with three treatment levels, common in clinical trials.

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  • Developing a two-stage procedure for treatment selection.

    • Main Results:

    • The proposed isotonic regression method effectively identifies optimal treatment levels.
    • The method is robust for Bernoulli response variables and adaptable for normally distributed data.
    • Simulation studies support the efficacy of the two-stage procedure.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed method offers a data-driven approach to optimal dose selection in the presence of monotonic dose-response relationships.
    • This technique is valuable for clinical trial design, particularly when managing dose-related toxicities.
    • The approach provides a statistically sound alternative to methods relying on pre-defined dose-response models.