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. 2022 Oct 17;41(30):5767–5788. doi: 10.1002/sim.9593

TABLE 6.

Setting 2, τ=0.391: Summary of stopping reasons for setting 2, expressed as a percentage of simulations where the given stopping rule was triggered

TITE‐CRM TITE‐CRM2 ICSDP POMM nTTP TITE‐BOIN TITE‐mTPI2 R‐mTPI2
Stopping reason Scenario A
Sufficient information 57 46 88 60 46 68 70 68
Lowest dose deemed unsafe 42 50 11 20 22 28 30 32
Highest dose deemed too safe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Precision 0 17 2 14 73 0 0 0
Hard safety 10 4 11 14 10 3 4 4
Maximum patients 2 1 1 2 0 7 1 1
Unsafe (total) 42 50 11 26 25 28 30 32
Sufficient/precision (total) 58 50 89 71 75 68 70 68
Stopping reason Scenario B
Sufficient information 65 65 83 35 32 77 89 70
Lowest dose deemed unsafe 4 11 1 1 1 6 6 8
Highest dose deemed too safe 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
Precision 34 21 21 72 96 0 0 0
Hard safety 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0
Maximum patients 7 17 9 2 0 29 8 27
Unsafe (total) 4 11 1 2 1 6 6 8
Sufficient/precision (total) 94 79 95 97 98 77 89 70
Stopping reason Scenario C
Sufficient information 37 24 70 42 20 49 49 47
Lowest dose deemed unsafe 63 73 29 38 71 48 51 53
Highest dose deemed too safe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Precision 0 19 1 6 32 0 0 0
Hard safety 24 10 29 30 21 9 10 10
Maximum patients 1 0 1 2 0 6 1 0
Unsafe (total) 63 73 29 50 72 48 51 53
Sufficient/precision (total) 37 27 71 48 28 49 49 47
Stopping reason Scenario D
Sufficient information 96 64 63 5 8 99 99 99
Lowest dose deemed unsafe 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
Highest dose deemed too safe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Precision 0 44 60 99 100 0 0 0
Hard safety 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Maximum patients 13 4 0 0 0 1 1 1
Unsafe (total) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
Sufficient/precision (total) 96 98 100 100 100 99 99 99

Note: The sum of these may be greater than 100, since it is possible for more than one rule to be triggered in a single trial.