Abstract
Non-inferiority trials, which aim to demonstrate that a test product is not worse than a competitor by more than a pre-specified small amount, are of great importance to the pharmaceutical community. As a result, methodology for designing and analyzing such trials is required, and developing new methods for such analysis is an important area of statistical research. The three-arm clinical trial is usually recommended for non-inferiority trials by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The three-arm trial consists of a placebo, a reference, and an experimental treatment, and simultaneously tests the superiority of the reference over the placebo along with comparing this reference to an experimental treatment. In this paper, we consider the analysis of noninferiority trials using Bayesian methods which incorporate both parametric as well as semi-parametric models. The resulting testing approach is both flexible and robust. The benefit of the proposed Bayesian methods is assessed via simulation, based on a study examining Home Based Blood Pressure Interventions.
Disciplines
Biostatistics | Clinical Trials | Statistical Methodology | Statistical Theory
Suggested Citation
Ghosh, Pulak; Nathoo, Farouk S.; Gonen, Mithat; and Tiwari, Ram C., "Assessing noninferiority in a three-arm trial using the Bayesian Approach" (May 2010). Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Working Paper Series. Working Paper 19.
https://biostats.bepress.com/mskccbiostat/paper19
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