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A Critical Review on Adaptive Sample Size Re-estimation (SSR) Designs for Superiority Trials with Continuous Endpoints
Xiaoyu Cai, Yi Tsong* and Meiyu Shen
Division of Biometrics VI, Office of Biostatistics, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA,USA
*Corresponding author: Yi Tsong, Ph.D, Division of Biometrics VI, Office of Biostatistics, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, USA, 10903 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20903, Tel: 301-796-1013; Email: yi.tsong@fda.hhs.gov
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Citation: Xiaoyu Cai, Yi Tsong, Meiyu Shen. 2019. A Critical Review on Adaptive Sample Size Re-estimation (SSR) Designs for Superiority Trials with Continuous Endpoints. Open J Pharm Sci Res. 1: 1-13.
Copyright:This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Copyright © 2019; Xiaoyu Cai
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Received date: 08 March, 2019Accepted date: 29 March, 2019
Published date: 01 April, 2019
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