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Peter Greenstreet1,2, Thomas Jaki3,4, Alun Bedding5
1Ottawa Methods Centre, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L6, Canada.
Biometrics
|June 20, 2025
概括
在平台试验中保留数据可能会降低功率. 这项研究表明,虽然在控制变化之前保持信息可以减少总和条件功率,但它也降低了条件类型I错误率.
科学领域:
- 临床试验 临床试验
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
- 药学研究 药学研究
背景情况:
- 平台试验提供了一种有效的方法来评估多种治疗方法.
- 在这些试验中,优越的治疗方法成为新的护理标准,其余的治疗方法被测试.
研究的目的:
- 在平台试验中,当对照治疗发生变化时,调查保留或丢弃从前阶段的信息的影响.
- 分析对总功率,条件功率和条件I型错误的影响.
主要方法:
- 用分析和数值模拟来评估频率的多臂多阶段平台试验.
- 该研究检查了新标准护理和其他积极治疗方法的信息被保留或丢弃的场景.
主要成果:
- 在对照组发生变化之前保留信息被发现会损害试验功率.
- 具体来说,保留数据降低了整体功率 (找到最佳处理) 和条件功率 (找到比当前对照优越的处理).
- 然而,保留信息也导致了条件类型I错误率的降低 (错误地识别了优质处理).
结论:
- 在具有不断变化的控制的平台试验中保留或丢弃信息的决定需要仔细考虑.
- 虽然保留数据可能会降低功率,但它也可以控制假阳性率,影响连续平台试验和新的独立试验之间的选择.
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