School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Stat Med. 2018 Apr 15;37(8):1389-1401. doi: 10.1002/sim.7590. Epub 2017 Dec 27.
This article considers sample size determination for jointly testing a cause-specific hazard and the all-cause hazard for competing risks data. The cause-specific hazard and the all-cause hazard jointly characterize important study end points such as the disease-specific survival and overall survival, which are commonly used as coprimary end points in clinical trials. Specifically, we derive sample size calculation methods for 2-group comparisons based on an asymptotic chi-square joint test and a maximum joint test of the aforementioned quantities, taking into account censoring due to lost to follow-up as well as staggered entry and administrative censoring. We illustrate the application of the proposed methods using the Die Deutsche Diabetes Dialyse Studies clinical trial. An R package "powerCompRisk" has been developed and made available at the CRAN R library.
本文考虑了联合检验竞争风险数据的特定原因风险和全因风险的样本量确定。特定原因风险和全因风险共同描述了重要的研究终点,如疾病特异性生存和总生存,这些终点通常作为临床试验的主要终点。具体来说,我们基于渐近卡方联合检验和上述量的最大联合检验,推导了 2 组比较的样本量计算方法,考虑了因失访而导致的删失以及交错入组和行政删失。我们使用 Die Deutsche Diabetes Dialyse Studies 临床试验说明了所提出方法的应用。一个名为“powerCompRisk”的 R 包已经开发完成,并在 CRAN R 库中提供。