Design and Analysis of Non-Inferiority Trials

The increased use of non-inferiority analysis has been accompanied by a proliferation of research on the design and analysis of non-inferiority studies. Design and Analysis of Non-Inferiority Trials brings together this body of research and confronts the issues involved in the design of a non-inferiority trial. Using examples from real clinical trials, the book discusses general and regulatory issues and illustrates how they affect analysis. Each chapter begins with a non-technical introduction, so the subject is easily understood by those without prior knowledge of non-inferiority clinical trials. The book also provides detailed mathematical approaches along with their mathematical properties.

What Is a Non-Inferiority Trial? Non-Inferiority Trial. Considerations. Strength of Evidence and Reproducibility. Evaluating the Active Control Effect. Across-Trials Analysis Methods. Three-Arm Non-Inferiority Trials. Multiple Comparisons. Missing Data and Analysis Sets. Safety Studies. Additional Topics. Inference on Proportions. Inferences on Means and Medians. Inference on Time-to-Event End Points. Appendix: Statistical Concepts. Index.