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Estimands and Missing Data

Methods for Missing Data Handling in Phase III Clinical Trials with Nonnormal Endpoints and Nonnormal Covariates

Chunpeng FanDepartment of Biostatistics and Programming, Sanofi US Inc., Bridgewater, NJ; Department of Biostatistics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NCCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lynn WeiDepartment of Biostatistics and Programming, Sanofi US Inc., Bridgewater, NJ; Department of Biostatistics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
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Gary G. KochDepartment of Biostatistics and Programming, Sanofi US Inc., Bridgewater, NJ; Department of Biostatistics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Pages 68-78 | Received 30 Nov 2017, Accepted 16 Aug 2018, Published online: 19 Feb 2019

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