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dc.contributor.authorBolland, K.-
dc.contributor.authorSooriyarachchi, M.R.-
dc.contributor.authorWhitehead, J.-
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-27T03:31:59Z-
dc.date.available2021-07-27T03:31:59Z-
dc.date.issued1998-
dc.identifier.citationK. BOLLAND, M. R. SOORIYARACHCHI AND J. WHITEHEAD (1998). SAMPLE SIZE REVIEW IN A HEAD INJURY TRIAL WITH ORDERED CATEGORICAL RESPONSES. Statistics in Medicine 17, 2835-2847.en_US
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dc.description.abstractBetween 1993 and 1996, a total of 452 patients were entered into a randomized trial evaluating eliprodil (a non-competitive NMDA receptor antagonist) in patients suffering from severe head injury. The primary efficacy analysis concerned the Glasgow Outcome Score (GOS), six months after randomization. This outcome was classified into three ordered categories: good recovery; moderate disability, and the worst category made up by combining severe disability, vegetative state and dead. A sample size calculation was performed prior to the commencement of the study, using a formula which depends on the anticipated proportions of patients in the three different outcome categories, the proportional odds assumption and on the relationship between outcome and prognostic factors such as Glasgow Coma Score at entry. Owing to uncertainty about the influence of prognostic factors, and about the proportion of patients in the three GOS categories, a blinded sample size review was planned. This review was performed on the basis of the first 93 patients to respond, and this led to an increase in the sample size from 400 to 450. In this paper the pre-trial simulations showing that the type I error rate would not be influenced and the power would be preserved will be presented, and the implementation of the procedure will be described. ( 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAssociation of Commonwealth Universitiesen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.titleSAMPLE SIZE REVIEW IN A HEAD INJURY TRIAL WITH ORDERED CATEGORICAL RESPONSESen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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