February, 2003
© 2000, 2001 Scott S. Emerson, M.D., Ph.D.
In either
case, we must decide how we will deal with estimates of statistical
information at each analysis when constraining boundaries
Statistical
information in clinical trials typically has two parts
·V =
variability associated with a single sampling unit
·The
distribution of sampled levels of treatment
·
In many
clinical trials, the dependence on the distribution of treatment
levels across analyses is only on the sample size N