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James Barrett
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2015
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Mathematical Statistics
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English
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James E. Barrett
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Selective recruitment designs preferentially recruit individuals that are estimated to be statistically informative onto a clinical trial. Individuals that are expected to contribute less information have a lower probability of recruitment. Furthermore, in an information-adaptive design recruits are allocated to treatment arms in a manner that maximises information gain. The informativeness of an individual depends on their covariate (or biomarker) values and how information is defined is a critical element of information-adaptive designs. In this paper we define and evaluate four different methods for quantifying statistical information. Using both experimental data and numerical simulations we show that selective recruitment designs can offer a substantial increase in statistical power compared to randomised designs. In trials without selective recruitment we find that allocating individuals to treatment arms according to information-adaptive protocols also leads to an increase in statistical power. Consequently, selective recruitment designs can potentially achieve successful trials using fewer recruits thereby offering economic and ethical advantages.
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