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BE study designs [Design Issues]

posted by Helmut – Vienna, Austria, 2006-01-17 10:27 (7453 d 10:40 ago) – Posting: # 56
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❝ When you say that chance of regulatory acceptance of 3x3 is close to zero, you mean specifically for 3x3x3, or it is applicable to 3x3x6 design also?

You are right, I was not precise: 3×3×6 is acceptable, whereas 3×3×3 is not.

❝ Also, can you please let me know the reason for the same.

The 3×3×3 does not give us unbiased estimates.
Since we are interested in at least two pairwise comparisons (T₁ vs. R, T₂ vs. R), it is desirable to get estimates with the same degree of precision. However, to achieve this goal, the design must be balanced. A design is said to be balanced, if (acc. to Jones & Kenward):

Each formulation occurs only once with each subject.
Each formulation occurs the same number of times in each period.
The number of subjects who receive formulation i in some period followed by formulation j in the next period is the same for all i # j.

Williams' designs minimize the number of sequences for a given number of treatments and periods.
Unfortunately for three treatments your sample size has to be a multiple of six, which may be inconvenient in terms of practicability.

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