Sequential Medical Trials for Comparing an Experimental with a Standard Treatment.
Abstract
The research is concerned with a cost function approach to the design of sequential medical trials for comparing an experimental with a standard treatment. It is assumed that all available patients must be treated with one of the two treatments. The standard and experimental treatments are characterized by known and unknown probabilities of success respectively. Two costs are considered; the cost incurred every time either of the treatments fails and a special cost per patient treated in the experimental portion of the plan.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 30, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA016231
Entities
People
- Albert John Petkau
Organizations
- Stanford University