Sample size estimations for MRI-monitored trials of MS comparing new vs standard treatments.
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Abstract
The authors estimated the sample sizes needed for exploratory trials of MS assessing the efficacy of new treatments in reducing the number of new enhancing lesions vs those of interferon-beta or glatiramer acetate. The sample sizes per arm ranged from 868 (effect: 20%) to 94 (effect: 50%) for patients with relapsing-remitting MS and from 2,484 (effect: 20%) to 361 (effect: 50%) for patients with secondary progressive MS. In MS, exploratory trials of new vs available therapies require large numbers of patients, even when MR end-points are used.
Medical subject headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic
- Interferon-beta
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive
- Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting
- Peptides