getDesignMeanRatioEquiv: Group Sequential Design for Equivalence in Two-Sample Mean...

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Group Sequential Design for Equivalence in Two-Sample Mean Ratio

Description

Obtains the power given sample size or obtains the sample size given power for a group sequential design for equivalence in two-sample mean ratio.

Usage

getDesignMeanRatioEquiv(
  beta = NA_real_,
  n = NA_real_,
  meanRatioLower = NA_real_,
  meanRatioUpper = NA_real_,
  meanRatio = 1,
  CV = 1,
  allocationRatioPlanned = 1,
  normalApproximation = TRUE,
  rounding = TRUE,
  kMax = 1L,
  informationRates = NA_real_,
  alpha = 0.05,
  typeAlphaSpending = "sfOF",
  parameterAlphaSpending = NA_real_,
  userAlphaSpending = NA_real_,
  spendingTime = NA_real_
)

Arguments

beta	The type II error.
n	The total sample size.
meanRatioLower	The lower equivalence limit of mean ratio.
meanRatioUpper	The upper equivalence limit of mean ratio.
meanRatio	The mean ratio under the alternative hypothesis.
CV	The coefficient of variation.
allocationRatioPlanned	Allocation ratio for the active treatment versus control. Defaults to 1 for equal randomization.
normalApproximation	The type of computation of the p-values. If TRUE, the variance is assumed to be known, otherwise the calculations are performed with the t distribution. The exact calculation using the t distribution is only implemented for the fixed design.
rounding	Whether to round up sample size. Defaults to 1 for sample size rounding.
kMax	The maximum number of stages.
informationRates	The information rates. Fixed prior to the trial. Defaults to (1:kMax) / kMax if left unspecified.
alpha	The significance level for each of the two one-sided tests. Defaults to 0.05.
typeAlphaSpending	The type of alpha spending. One of the following: "OF" for O'Brien-Fleming boundaries, "P" for Pocock boundaries, "WT" for Wang & Tsiatis boundaries, "sfOF" for O'Brien-Fleming type spending function, "sfP" for Pocock type spending function, "sfKD" for Kim & DeMets spending function, "sfHSD" for Hwang, Shi & DeCani spending function, "user" for user defined spending, and "none" for no early efficacy stopping. Defaults to "sfOF".
parameterAlphaSpending	The parameter value for the alpha spending. Corresponds to Delta for "WT", rho for "sfKD", and gamma for "sfHSD".
userAlphaSpending	The user defined alpha spending. Cumulative alpha spent up to each stage.
spendingTime	A vector of length kMax for the error spending time at each analysis. Defaults to missing, in which case, it is the same as informationRates.

Value

An S3 class designMeanRatioEquiv object with three components:

• overallResults: A data frame containing the following variables:

  • overallReject: The overall rejection probability.

  • alpha: The significance level for each of the two one-sided tests. Defaults to 0.05.

  • attainedAlpha: The attained significance level.

  • kMax: The number of stages.

  • information: The maximum information.

  • expectedInformationH1: The expected information under H1.

  • expectedInformationH0: The expected information under H0.

  • numberOfSubjects: The maximum number of subjects.

  • expectedNumberOfSubjectsH1: The expected number of subjects under H1.

  • expectedNumberOfSubjectsH0: The expected number of subjects under H0.

  • meanRatioLower: The lower equivalence limit of mean ratio.

  • meanRatioUpper: The upper equivalence limit of mean ratio.

  • meanRatio: The mean ratio under the alternative hypothesis.

  • CV: The coefficient of variation.

• byStageResults: A data frame containing the following variables:

  • informationRates: The information rates.

  • efficacyBounds: The efficacy boundaries on the Z-scale for each of the two one-sided tests.

  • rejectPerStage: The probability for efficacy stopping.

  • cumulativeRejection: The cumulative probability for efficacy stopping.

  • cumulativeAlphaSpent: The cumulative alpha for each of the two one-sided tests.

  • cumulativeAttainedAlpha: The cumulative probability for efficacy stopping under H0.

  • efficacyP: The efficacy bounds on the p-value scale for each of the two one-sided tests.

  • information: The cumulative information.

  • numberOfSubjects: The number of subjects.

  • efficacyMeanRatioLower: The efficacy boundaries on the mean ratio scale for the one-sided null hypothesis on the lower equivalence limit.

  • efficacyMeanRatioUpper: The efficacy boundaries on the mean ratio scale for the one-sided null hypothesis on the upper equivalence limit.

• settings: A list containing the following input parameters:

  • typeAlphaSpending: The type of alpha spending.

  • parameterAlphaSpending: The parameter value for alpha spending.

  • userAlphaSpending: The user defined alpha spending.

  • spendingTime: The error spending time at each analysis.

  • allocationRatioPlanned: Allocation ratio for the active treatment versus control.

  • normalApproximation: The type of computation of the p-values. If TRUE, the variance is assumed to be known, otherwise the calculations are performed with the t distribution. The exact calculation using the t distribution is only implemented for the fixed design.

  • rounding: Whether to round up sample size.

Author(s)

Kaifeng Lu, [e-mail]

Examples

# Example 1: group sequential trial power calculation
(design1 <- getDesignMeanRatioEquiv(
  beta = 0.1, n = NA, meanRatioLower = 0.8, meanRatioUpper = 1.25,
  meanRatio = 1, CV = 0.35,
  kMax = 4, alpha = 0.05, typeAlphaSpending = "sfOF"))

# Example 2: sample size calculation for t-test
(design2 <- getDesignMeanRatioEquiv(
  beta = 0.1, n = NA, meanRatioLower = 0.8, meanRatioUpper = 1.25,
  meanRatio = 1, CV = 0.35,
  normalApproximation = FALSE, alpha = 0.05))

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