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We discuss issues and methods for the analysis of clinical trials that have formal rules for what is commonly referred to as early stopping. However, we take a broader view, and include trials having a formal sequential stopping rule; the distinction will soon become apparent. Moreover, it is impossible to separate the analysis of such trials from their design, and so we must, of necessity, provide an overview of the design—that is, specification of the stopping rule—of a sequential clinical trial as well.
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Hall, W.J. (2012). Analysis of Sequential Clinical Trials. In: Tang, W., Tu, X. (eds) Modern Clinical Trial Analysis. Applied Bioinformatics and Biostatistics in Cancer Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4322-3_4
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