Multicenter BE studies - center effects [Design Issues]

posted by ElMaestro  – Denmark, 2009-12-17 13:47 (6032 d 15:37 ago) – Posting: # 4492
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Ahoy d_labes

I am not sure I understand much of anything. I might not use a specification of centers in the final evaluation at all. It is a between-subject factor, so a phenomenon arising from center effects is not likely to affect your BE conclusion (perhaps a weird treatment by center interaction might potentially be confounding?!? perhaps test the raw center effect -low power- then exclude from model as nonsignificant).
If in a deficiency letter it is asked for I would probably treat center as fixed.
Subjects in Sequences in centers is treated the same as subjects in centers in sequences.

Best regards,
EM.

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