Some essential considerations in the design and conduct of non-inferiority trials.

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Published in Clin Trials on August 01, 2011

Authors

Thomas R Fleming1, Katherine Odem-Davis, Mark D Rothmann, Yuan Li Shen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7232, USA. tfleming@u.washington.edu

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