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Comparison of Operating Characteristics of Commonly Used Sample Size Re-Estimation Procedures in a Two-Stage Design

Sandeep Menon Biotherapeutics Statistics, Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Joseph Massaro Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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Michael J. Pencina Department of Biostatistics, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Clinical Research Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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Jerry Lewis Brightech International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Yong Cheng Wang Brightech International, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Pages 1140-1152 | Received 01 Nov 2010, Accepted 20 Jan 2012, Published online: 12 Dec 2012

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