Evaluation of Treatment Effect with Paired Failure Times in a Single-Arm Phase II Trial in Oncology

In early phase clinical trials of cytotoxic drugs in oncology, the efficacy is typically evaluated based on the tumor shrinkage. However, this criterion is not always appropriate for more recent cytostatic agents, and alternative endpoints have been proposed. The growth modulation index (GMI), defin...

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Main Authors: Matthieu Texier, Federico Rotolo, Michel Ducreux, Olivier Bouché, Jean-Pierre Pignon, Stefan Michiels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/1672176