Magnitude of effect and sample size justification in trials supporting anti-cancer drug approval by the US Food and Drug Administration

Abstract Approval of drugs is based on randomized trials observing statistically significant superiority of an experimental agent over a standard. Statistical significance results from a combination of effect size and sampling, with larger effect size more likely to translate to population effective...

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Main Authors: Michelle B. Nadler, Brooke E. Wilson, Alexandra Desnoyers, Consolacion Molto Valiente, Ramy R. Saleh, Eitan Amir
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-50694-0