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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Stat Plan Inference. 2008 Feb 1;138(2):308–320. doi: 10.1016/j.jspi.2007.06.010

Table 1.

Second column contains the approximate number of events required for 80% power with 5% two-sided log-rank test for comparing arms of targeted design shown in Figure 3. Only marker positive patients are randomized. Treatment hazard ratio for marker positive patients is shown in first column. Time-to-event distributions are exponential and all patients are followed to failure. Last three columns show the approximate number of events required for comparing the arms of a traditional design in which unclassified marker positive and marker negative patients are randomized. Treatment hazard ratio for marker negative patients is assumed to be 1.

Treatment Hazard Ratio for Marker Positive Patients Number of Events for Targeted Design Number of Events for Traditional Design
    Percent of Patients Marker Positive
    20% 33% 50%
0.5 74 2040 720 316
0.67 200 5200 1878 820