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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 26.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Stat Assoc. 2011 Sep 1;106(495):818–831. doi: 10.1198/jasa.2011.ap09476

Table 4.

Sensitivity analysis of the robust EM-CRMs with two, four, five, and six skeletons under scenario 2

Number of
skeletons
Design Recommendation percentage at dose level
Average
# toxicity
Average
# patients
Average
duration
1 2 3 4 5 6 None
Scenario 2 0.06 0.08 0.10 0.15 0.30 0.45
2 EM-CRMSEL 0.0 0.1 1.2 18.4 50.9 29.4 0.0 8.4 36.0 21.8
# patients 4.1 3.4 4.1 6.8 9.4 8.1
EM-CRMAVG 0.0 0.1 1.4 15.5 52.5 30.5 0.1 8.5 36.0 21.7
# patients 4.2 3.4 4.1 6.6 9.3 8.3
4 EM-CRMSEL 0.0 0.1 1.6 17.1 53.5 27.8 0.1 8.3 36.0 21.7
# patients 4.2 3.4 4.4 7.0 9.5 7.5
EM-CRMAVG 0.0 0.3 2.0 16.9 54.1 26.7 0.1 8.1 36.0 21.7
# patients 4.2 3.6 4.7 6.8 9.6 7.1
5 EM-CRMSEL 0.0 0.1 1.0 13.5 58.2 27.2 0.0 8.4 36.0 21.7
# patients 4.2 3.4 4.1 6.5 10.6 7.3
EM-CRMAVG 0.0 0.2 1.3 14.7 58.2 25.5 0.1 8.1 36.0 21.7
# patients 4.2 3.5 4.5 6.5 10.5 6.7
6 EM-CRMSEL 0.0 0.1 1.1 13.9 58.1 26.7 0.0 8.4 36.0 21.7
# patients 4.2 3.4 4.1 6.3 10.7 7.3
EM-CRMAVG 0.0 0.1 1.4 14.9 56.9 26.5 0.2 8.2 36.0 21.7
# patients 4.2 3.5 4.5 6.4 10.2 7.2