From: Treating non-responders: pitfalls and implications for cancer immunotherapy trial design
P-embedded design | Conventional design | |||||||||
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Design | Analysis | Design | Analysis | |||||||
Mis-specifying p* | Over-specifying p* = pm − 10 | Under-specifying p* = pm + 10 | Ignoring p* | |||||||
pm (%) | N | p* (%) | EP | p* (%) | EP | N | p* (%) | EP | p* (%) | EP |
20 | 269 | 10 | 44.90% | 30 | 95.20% | 27 | 10 | 6.61% | 30 | 13.39% |
30 | 137 | 20 | 59.30% | 40 | 88.90% | 20 | 8.81% | 40 | 18.58% | |
40 | 89 | 30 | 63.70% | 50 | 89.20% | 30 | 13.39% | 50 | 25.73% | |
50 | 68 | 40 | 70.30% | 60 | 89.00% | 40 | 18.58% | 60 | 32.81% | |
60 | 52 | 50 | 71.40% | 70 | 88.00% | 50 | 25.73% | 70 | 40.93% |