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. 2007 Dec 14;9(3):442–457. doi: 10.1093/biostatistics/kxm044

Table 2.

Operating characteristics of the PRT and TITE-CRM designs

True Probability(T < 3 months|dk)
d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 d6
Scenario 1 (late onset) 0.25 0.35 0.50 0.60 0.68 0.73 None Total Duration
PRT
    % Selected 41 43 4 0 0 0 12 1.5
    No. of patients 13.1 15.2 4.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 33.2
    No. of toxicities 3.3 5.3 2.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 11.1
TITE-CRM
    % Selected 46 42 8 0 0 0 4 1.0
    No. of patients 10.6 11.0 7.8 4.0 1.4 0.6 35.5
    No. of toxicities
2.6
3.8
3.9
2.4
1.0
0.5

14.1

Scenario 2 (late onset)
0.03
0.05
0.10
0.30
0.50
0.60



PRT
    % Selected 0 1 26 64 9 0 0 1.8
    No. of patients 3.5 4.8 9.8 12.5 4.6 0.8 36.0
    No. of toxicities 0.1 0.3 1.0 3.7 2.2 0.5 7.8
TITE-CRM
    % Selected 0 0 12 70 19 0 0 1.0
    No. of patients 3.0 3.2 4.5 11.2 9.4 4.7 36.0
    No. of toxicities
0.1
0.2
0.4
3.4
4.7
2.8

11.6

Scenario 3 (late onset)
0.50
0.60
0.68
0.73
0.76
0.78



PRT
    % Selected 11 0 0 0 0 0 89 0.8
    No. of patients 13.0 5.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.6
    No. of toxicities 5.6 2.6 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.6
TITE-CRM
    % Selected 18 0 0 0 0 0 82 0.7
    No. of patients 15.1 5.6 3.7 1.8 0.7 0.3 27.2
    No. of toxicities
5.7
3.1
2.2
1.2
0.5
0.2

12.8

Scenario 4 (late onset)
0.01
0.02
0.03
0.05
0.50
0.60



PRT
    % Selected 0 0 0 67 32 1 0 1.8
    No. of patients 3.1 3.5 4.5 13.1 9.4 2.4 36.0
    No. of toxicities 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.6 4.7 1.5 7.0
TITE-CRM
    % Selected 0 0 1 45 54 0 0 1.0
    No. of patients 3.0 3.0 3.1 5.9 13.1 7.8 36.0
    No. of toxicities
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.3
6.6
4.7

11.8

Scenario 5 (late onset)
0.05
0.06
0.08
0.11
0.19
0.34
None
Total
Duration
PRT
    Selected 0 0 5 16 49 30 0 1.8
    Patients 3.5 4.8 6.2 7.5 7.8 6.2 36.0
    Toxicities 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.5 2.1 5.4
TITE-CRM
    Selected 0 0 0 13 58 29 0 1.0
    Patients 3.1 3.3 3.9 7.1 9.9 8.6 36.0
    Toxicities
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.8
1.9
2.8

6.2

Scenario 6 (early onset)
0.250
0.350
0.500
0.600
0.680
0.730



PRT
    % Selected 44 38 3 0 0 0 14 1.0
    No. of patients 16.6 12.6 2.7 0.3 0.0 32.1
    No. of toxicities 4.4 4.7 1.6 0.2 0.0 10.9
TITE-CRM
    % Selected 40 41 6 1 0 0 12 0.9
    No. of patients 17.0 11.4 3.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 32.8
    No. of toxicities 4.2 4.0 1.9 0.3 0.0 0.0 10.5