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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2012 Mar 20;118(21):5358–5365. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27528

Table 4.

PFS Comparisons for Randomized Trials

Trial Progression Date Determination Method
Method 1 (median PFS)* Method 2 (median PFS)* Method 3 (median PFS)* Method 4 (lower, upper)*
Trial 1
    Arm A 4.6 2.9 3.7 3.94, 4.24
    Arm B 3.6 1.6 2.6 2.46, 3.02
    Arm C 4.2 1.6 3.4 4.14, 4.20
    P value 0.59 0.24 0.32 0.67

Trial 2
    Arm A 5.7 3.1 4.6 4.47, 4.60
    Arm B 4.9 1.6 2.9 4.63, 4.99
    P value 0.25 0.19 0.18 0.25

Trial 3
    Arm A 3.1 1.3 2.1 2.60, 2.60
    Arm B 3.8 1.5 3.4 3.48, 4.11
    P value 0.38 0.40 0.50 0.67

Trial 4
    Arm A 6.7 4.0 5.5 4.07, 4.11
    Arm B 5.2 3.3 4.2 3.25, 3.84
    P value 0.43 0.35 0.39 0.77

P value for arm comparison: Log-rank test

P value for arm comparison: Generalized Log-rank test

*

Estimates in months.