title: Sample size for a dose-response study.
abstract: This paper deals with a method of sample size allocation for a dose-response study assuming a logistic model for the dose-response curve. The method is based on the precision with which one wishes to estimate the dose that would produce the efficacy resulting in a clinically important difference from a placebo. An example is given to illustrate the methodology. The main development of the paper is for a binary response and is suitably modified for a continuous variable.
authors.affiliation: Berlex Laboratories, Inc., Wayne, New Jersey 07470.
authors.forename: H I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D015233:Models, Statistical; D012107:Research Design / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*