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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 May 28.
Published in final edited form as: Stat Med. 2025 Sep;44(20-22):e70262. doi: 10.1002/sim.70262

TABLE 2 ∣.

Simulation results for the proposed trial design.

Case Scenario Average sample size Percentage of early termination
1 No treat effect
No marker effect
316.2 0.85
2 Constant treat effect
No marker effect
156.1 1.00
3 Prognostic marker effect
No treat effect
310.4 0.83
4 Predictive marker effect
(perfectly dichotomous)
410.4 0.71
5 Predictive marker effect
(nearly dichotomous)
426.5 0.60
6 Predictive marker effect
(linear)
424.4 0.56
7 Predictive marker effect
(non-linear and monotone)
293.5 0.88
8 Predictive marker effect
(non-linear and monotone)
436.0 0.51
9 Predictive marker effect
(non-linear and non-monotone)
446.6 0.49
10 Predictive marker effect
(non-linear and non-monotone)
447.2 0.50
11 Constant inferior treat effect
(No marker effect)
114.5 1.00
12 Prognostic and predictive marker effect
(linear; nearly dichotomous)
416.3 0.62