Replicated cross over with fixed number of periods [Design Issues]

posted by martin  – Austria, 2012-11-05 18:31 (4183 d 10:32 ago) – Posting: # 9504
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Dear all!

I have a question regarding a special case of a replicated cross over trials where the number of periods is fixed in advance. Three products (one test and 2 reference products) will be investigated in n “subjects” where each “subject” will be treated 6 times (=fixed number of periods).

Using a kind of block randomization with block size = 3 will lead to the following sequences:

Sequence 1: A, B, C ; A, B, C
Sequence 2: A, C, B ; A, C, B
Sequence 3: B, A, C ; B, A, C
Sequence 4: B, C, A ; B, C, A
Sequence 5: C, A, B ; C, A, B
Sequence 6: C, B, A ; C, B, A

Can the study design be improved when using different sequences than the six mentioned above when the number of periods is fixed in advance?

Any ideas and suggestions are highly appreciated!!

best regards

martin

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