2nd Edition

Adaptive Design Methods in Clinical Trials

By Shein-Chung Chow, Mark Chang Copyright 2012
374 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

375 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

374 Pages
by Chapman & Hall

With new statistical and scientific issues arising in adaptive clinical trial design, including the U.S. FDA’s recent draft guidance, a new edition of one of the first books on the topic is needed. Adaptive Design Methods in Clinical Trials, Second Edition reflects recent developments and regulatory positions on the use of adaptive designs in clinical trials. It unifies the vast and... Read more

Introduction. Protocol Amendment. Adaptive Randomization. Adaptive Hypotheses. Adaptive Dose-Escalation Trials. Adaptive Group Sequential Design. Statistical Tests for Seamless Adaptive Designs. Adaptive Sample Size Adjustment. Two-Stage Adaptive Design. Adaptive Treatment Switching. Bayesian Approach. Biomarker Adaptive Trials. Target Clinical Trials. Sample Size and Power Estimation. Clinical Trial Simulation. Regulatory Perspectives — A Review of FDA Draft Guidance. Case Studies. Bibliography. Subject Index.

Biography

Shein-Chung Chow is a professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Chow is also an adjunct professor of clinical sciences at Duke–National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Biopharmaceutical Statistics. He has authored or co-authored numerous papers and books, including the Handbook of Adaptive Designs in Pharmaceutical and Clinical Development and Controversial Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials.



Mark Chang is the executive director of biostatistics and data management at AMAG Pharmaceuticals and an adjunct professor at Boston University. A fellow of the American Statistical Association, Dr. Chang is a co-founder of the International Society for Biopharmaceutical Statistics and serves on the editorial boards of two statistical journals. He has authored many publications, including Adaptive Design Theory and Implementation Using SAS and R and Monte Carlo Simulation for the Pharmaceutical Industry: Concepts, Algorithms, and Case Studies.