Search Results - "ZOHAR, Sarah"
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An adaptive power prior for sequential clinical trials – Application to bridging studies
Published in Statistical methods in medical research (01-08-2020)“…During drug evaluation trials, information from clinical trials previously conducted on another population, indications or schedules may be available. In these…”
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Bumetanide for the treatment of seizures in newborn babies with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (NEMO): an open-label, dose finding, and feasibility phase 1/2 trial
Published in Lancet neurology (01-05-2015)“…Summary Background Preclinical data suggest that the loop-diuretic bumetanide might be an effective treatment for neonatal seizures. We aimed to assess dose…”
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Efficacy and safety of bevacizumab-containing neoadjuvant therapy followed by interval debulking surgery in advanced ovarian cancer: Results from the ANTHALYA trial
Published in European journal of cancer (1990) (01-01-2017)“…Abstract Aim To investigate whether adding bevacizumab to neoadjuvant carboplatin-paclitaxel (CP) helps achieve optimal debulking, measured by complete…”
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Phase I/II dose-finding design for molecularly targeted agent: Plateau determination using adaptive randomization
Published in Statistical methods in medical research (01-02-2018)“…Conventionally, phase I dose-finding trials aim to determine the maximum tolerated dose of a new drug under the assumption that both toxicity and efficacy…”
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A Bayesian non-inferiority approach using experts' margin elicitation - application to the monitoring of safety events
Published in BMC medical research methodology (18-09-2019)“…When conducing Phase-III trial, regulatory agencies and investigators might want to get reliable information about rare but serious safety outcomes during the…”
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An extension of Bayesian predictive sample size selection designs for monitoring efficacy and safety
Published in Statistics in medicine (30-09-2015)“…Most exploratory clinical trials in cancer are designed as single‐arm trials using a binary efficacy outcome with or without interim monitoring. In this…”
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Bayesian variable selection based on clinical relevance weights in small sample studies—Application to colon cancer
Published in Statistics in medicine (30-05-2019)“…Using clinical data to model the medical decisions behind sequential treatment actions raises methodological challenges. Physicians often have access to many…”
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Determination of the optimal sample size for a clinical trial accounting for the population size
Published in Biometrical journal (01-07-2017)“…The problem of choosing a sample size for a clinical trial is a very common one. In some settings, such as rare diseases or other small populations, the large…”
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Recent advances in methodology for clinical trials in small populations: the InSPiRe project
Published in Orphanet journal of rare diseases (25-10-2018)“…Where there are a limited number of patients, such as in a rare disease, clinical trials in these small populations present several challenges, including…”
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Bayesian sample size determination for phase IIA clinical trials using historical data and semi‐parametric prior's elicitation
Published in Pharmaceutical statistics : the journal of the pharmaceutical industry (01-03-2019)“…Summary The Simon's two‐stage design is the most commonly applied among multi‐stage designs in phase IIA clinical trials. It combines the sample sizes at the…”
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A Bayesian dose-finding design for drug combination clinical trials based on the logistic model
Published in Pharmaceutical statistics : the journal of the pharmaceutical industry (01-07-2014)“…In early phase dose‐finding cancer studies, the objective is to determine the maximum tolerated dose, defined as the highest dose with an acceptable…”
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Dose-Finding Study of Omeprazole on Gastric pH in Neonates with Gastro-Esophageal Acid Reflux Using a Bayesian Sequential Approach
Published in PloS one (21-12-2016)“…Proton pump inhibitors are frequently administered on clinical symptoms in neonates but benefit remains controversial. Clinical trials validating omeprazole…”
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Value of information methods to design a clinical trial in a small population to optimise a health economic utility function
Published in BMC medical research methodology (08-02-2018)“…Most confirmatory randomised controlled clinical trials (RCTs) are designed with specified power, usually 80% or 90%, for a hypothesis test conducted at a…”
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Dose-finding designs using a novel quasi-continuous endpoint for multiple toxicities
Published in Statistics in medicine (20-07-2013)“…The aim of a phase I oncology trial is to identify a dose with an acceptable safety profile. Most phase I designs use the dose‐limiting toxicity, a binary…”
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A Bayesian predictive sample size selection design for single-arm exploratory clinical trials
Published in Statistics in medicine (30-12-2012)“…The aim of an exploratory clinical trial is to determine whether a new intervention is promising for further testing in confirmatory clinical trials. Most…”
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Decision-theoretic designs for small trials and pilot studies: A review
Published in Statistical methods in medical research (01-06-2016)“…Pilot studies and other small clinical trials are often conducted but serve a variety of purposes and there is little consensus on their design. One paradigm…”
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Approaches to sample size calculation for clinical trials in rare diseases
Published in Pharmaceutical statistics : the journal of the pharmaceutical industry (01-05-2018)“…We discuss 3 alternative approaches to sample size calculation: traditional sample size calculation based on power to show a statistically significant effect,…”
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An approach to meta-analysis of dose-finding studies
Published in Statistics in medicine (30-07-2011)“…The main goal of a Phase I dose‐finding study is the estimation of the maximal tolerated dose (MTD) from a set of available dose levels. For cytotoxic clinical…”
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Using the continual reassessment method to estimate the minimum effective dose in phase II dose-finding studies: a case study
Published in Clinical trials (London, England) (01-06-2013)“…Background The Continual Reassessment Method typically is presented as the method of choice for the purpose of dose-finding based on a toxicity scale in phase…”
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Evaluation of the Effects of Pasireotide LAR Administration on Lymphocele Prevention after Axillary Node Dissection for Breast Cancer: Results of a Randomized Non-Comparative Phase 2 Study
Published in PloS one (09-06-2016)“…The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy (response rate centered on 80%) of a somatostatin analog with high affinity for 4 somatostatin receptors in…”
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