Internal Pilot Study Design

Internal Pilot Study Design is a methodological framework in Bayesian sample size determination that integrates an initial phase of data collection and interim analysis within the main study to inform and refine the sample size calculation while preserving the study’s integrity and statistical power.

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21.2K

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1.8K

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2017–2026

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  1. TF
    Tim Friede

    Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany

    14 publications · 608 citations

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  2. MK
    Meinhard Kieser

    Heidelberg University, Germany

    8 publications · 445 citations

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  3. CS
    Christopher S. Coffey

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

    5 publications · 204 citations

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  4. KE
    Keith E. Muller

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    5 publications · 204 citations

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  5. HS
    Heinz Schmidli

    Novartis (Switzerland), Switzerland

    5 publications · 118 citations

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  1. PubMed

    Repository · 27 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. Statistics in Medicine

    21 publications · 2.1K citations

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  3. Trials

    11 publications · 365 citations

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  4. Blood

    6 publications · 950 citations

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  5. Pharmaceutical Statistics

    5 publications · 161 citations

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