Handling an uncertain control group event risk in non-inferiority trials: non-inferiority frontiers and the power-stabilising transformation

Abstract Background Non-inferiority trials are increasingly used to evaluate new treatments that are expected to have secondary advantages over standard of care, but similar efficacy on the primary outcome. When designing a non-inferiority trial with a binary primary outcome, the choice of effect me...

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Main Authors: Matteo Quartagno, A. Sarah Walker, Abdel G. Babiker, Rebecca M. Turner, Mahesh K. B. Parmar, Andrew Copas, Ian R. White
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-4070-4