Skip to main content
. 2010 Oct 4;28(34):5046–5053. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.29.6608

Table 5.

Number of Noise Events Detected Under Subsampling for Metastatic Disease Studies

Study and Sampling Method No. of Noise Events
200 Patients 300 Patients 400 Patients 500 Patients 600 Patients
Grade 3+ events
    AVAiL
        Random by patient* 9 4.3 2.4 1.2 0.3
        Random by center* 5.4 2.8 1.5 0.7 0.2
        Biggest centers 5 0 0 0 0
        First patients enrolled 16 9 2 0 0
    AVF2107g
        Random by patient* 13.2 7.6 4.9 3.3 2.3
        Random by center* 8.8 5.1 3.6 2.5 1.6
        Biggest centers 13 5 1 1 1
        First patients enrolled 8 3 2 2 0
    ECOG 4599
        Random by patient* 9.9 5.8 3.9 2.6 1.6
        Random by center* 6.7 4.3 2.8 2 1.2
        Biggest centers 3 2 1 2 2
        First patients enrolled 5 4 1 2 1
    EGF30001
        Random by patient* 12 7 4 2 NA
        Random by center* 8 5 3 1 NA
        Biggest centers 6 4 1 1 NA
        First patients enrolled 4 4 3 0 NA
    JMDB
        Random by patient* 0.448 0.39 0.422 0.528 0.139
        Random by center* 0.534 0.387 0.449 0.373 0.17
        Biggest centers 1 2 1 1 1
        First patients enrolled 1 2 3 3 2
Grade 1 to 2 events
    AVAiL
        Random by patient* 5 1.8 1 0.2 0
        Random by center* 3.9 1.9 0.8 0.3 0
        Biggest centers 1 0 1 0 0
        First patients enrolled 7 1 1 0 0

NOTE. Noise event quantities in bold are ≤ 3.

Abbreviations: AVAiL, Avastin in Lung; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; NA, not applicable.

*

Noise events for random sampling methods are reported as mean numbers determined from 1,000 simulations.

Sample sizes are approximate due to analysis structure for sampling by center methods.