dont_skip_doses: Prevent skipping of doses.

In escalation: Modular Approach to Dose Finding Clinical Trials

Prevent skipping of doses.

Description

This method optionally prevents dose selectors from skipping doses when escalating and / or deescalating. The default is that skipping when escalating is prevented but skipping when deescalating is permitted, but both of these behaviours can be altered.

Usage

dont_skip_doses(
  parent_selector_factory,
  when_escalating = TRUE,
  when_deescalating = FALSE
)

Arguments

parent_selector_factory	Object of type selector_factory.
when_escalating	TRUE to prevent skipping when attempting to escalate.
when_deescalating	TRUE to prevent skipping when attempting to deescalate.

Value

an object of type selector_factory that can fit a dose-finding model to outcomes.

Examples

skeleton <- c(0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.4, 0.6)
target <- 0.25
model1 <- get_dfcrm(skeleton = skeleton, target = target) %>%
  dont_skip_doses()
fit1 <- model1 %>% fit('1NNN')

model2 <- get_dfcrm(skeleton = skeleton, target = target)
fit2 <- model2 %>% fit('1NNN')

# fit1 will not skip doses
fit1 %>% recommended_dose()
# But fit2 will:
fit2 %>% recommended_dose()

# Similar demonstration for de-escalation
model1 <- get_dfcrm(skeleton = skeleton, target = target) %>%
  dont_skip_doses(when_deescalating = TRUE)
fit1 <- model1 %>% fit('1NNN 2N 3TTT')

model2 <- get_dfcrm(skeleton = skeleton, target = target)
fit2 <- model2 %>% fit('1NNN 2N 3TTT')

# fit1 will not skip doses
fit1 %>% recommended_dose()
# But fit2 will:
fit2 %>% recommended_dose()

escalation documentation built on May 31, 2023, 6:32 p.m.