Chapter 9. Equivalence

  1. David Machin1,2,3,
  2. Michael J. Campbell3,
  3. Say Beng Tan4,5,
  4. Sze Huey Tan2

Published Online: 30 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1002/9781444300710.ch9

Book Title

Sample Size Tables for Clinical Studies, Third Edition

Sample Size Tables for Clinical Studies, Third Edition

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How to Cite

Machin, D., Campbell, M. J., Tan, S. B. and Tan, S. H. (2009) Equivalence, in Sample Size Tables for Clinical Studies, Third Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444300710.ch9

Author Information

  1. 1

    Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group, University of Leicester, UK

  2. 2

    Division of Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Sciences, National Cancer Centre, Singapore

  3. 3

    Medical Statistics Unit, School of Health and Related Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK

  4. 4

    Singapore Clinical Research Institute, Singapore

  5. 5

    Duke–NUS Graduate Medical School, Singapore

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 30 JAN 2009
  2. Published Print: 21 NOV 2008

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9781405146500

Online ISBN: 9781444300710

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Keywords:

  • bioequivalence concept at new therapy early development stage;
  • confidence interval (CI) for true difference;
  • associated hypotheses;
  • bioequivalence of different formulations of same drug;
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommendations;
  • anticipated mean values of Test and Reference formulations;
  • non-inferiority;
  • sample size paired differences;
  • sample sizes for bioequivalence studies—difference between two means or ratio of two means

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Theory and formulae

  • Bioequivalence

  • Non-inferiority

  • Bibliography

  • Examples and the use of tables

  • References

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