3+3 Design [Design Issues]

posted by Pharma_88 – India, 2020-01-08 10:55 (1420 d 23:52 ago) – Posting: # 21065
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❝ Are you referring to Phase I trials in patients, mostly in oncology ? My experience in such trials is that you start each cohort with 3 patients, if you have 0 or 1 patient experiencing a dose-limiting toxicity (DLT) after e.g. 1 month you can enrol 3 more. Depending on the total number of DLT in these 6 patients you may then progress to the next dose level. If 2 or 3 of the first 3 patients have a DLT you stop there and you don't increase the dose to the next cohort. Is this what you have in mind ?


yes. Same design.

❝ In the design I have in mind, the group/cohort is completed with 3+3 patients, not just 3. And you enrol new patients in each cohort (if you only use the same patients who have a good tolerability, you have some bias).


Yes. but intial cohort (means first one) is started with 3 patients only. subsequent cohort will have 3+3 patients. Right?

❝ ❝ Further, in next cohort suppose 1 patient is withdrawn or have some AE then its compulsory to add 3 more patients to inline with multiplication of 3?


❝ If a patient is withdrawn due to a DLT, see my first paragraph. The patient is not replaced. If he is withdrawn for another reason: you really have to be extra-sure it is really totally unrelated to a DLT. You may decide to replace that patient (meaning, only 1 extra-patient). Make sure this is properly defined in your protocol. I would not use 3 patients to replace just 1.


So, in this case, total 4 patients are required to enroll (1 for replacement and 3 others). Correct?


Edit: Full quote removed. Please delete everything from the text of the original poster which is not necessary in understanding your answer; see also this post! [Ohlbe]

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