Nomograms for calculating the number of patients needed for a clinical trial with survival as an endpoint

Biometrics. 1982 Mar;38(1):163-70.

Abstract

This paper presents nomograms for calculating the sample size for a clinical trial with survival as an endpoint. The nomograms are valid when survival is exponential and patients enter the study uniformly.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Trials as Topic / methods*
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological*
  • Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Neoplasms / mortality
  • Probability