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. 2012 Mar 12;11(3):258–266. doi: 10.1002/pst.1497

Table 4.

Recommendation percentages for Phase II experimentation under the six-parameter model and the average percentage of true MTDs selected by the design.

Toxicity (%) Design
D1 Ω1 D1 Ω2 D1 Ω3 D2 Ω1 D2 Ω2 D2 Ω3
Scenario 1: in agreement with prior
Far below TTL 0–14 1.4 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.0 0.5
Below TTL 15–24 19.6 17.4 16.0 21.0 19.9 20.1
TTL 25–34 58.4 58.5 61.4 60.0 58.3 60.2
Above TTL 35–44 20.7 23.2 22.1 18.2 20.8 19.2
Far above TTL ≥ 45 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
% of MTDs selected 16 18 17 22 21 23
Scenario 2: toxic
Far below TTL 0 - 14 1.0 1.0 0.6 1.3 1.6 1.4
Below TTL 15–24 25.1 19.6 21.8 24.5 23.2 24.6
TTL 25–34 47.2 55.5 51.8 49.6 51.9 53.1
Above TTL 35–44 23.5 21.9 23.3 21.7 21.1 19.0
Far above TTL ≥ 45 3.3 2.0 2.5 2.8 2.2 1.9
% of MTDs selected 18 21 18 27 24 25
Scenario 3: asymmetric toxic
Far below TTL 0–14 1.4 0.8 0.8 1.2 1.2 0.7
Below TTL 15–24 10.1 10.8 10.3 10.8 11.1 10.9
TTL 25–34 29.6 34.9 36.9 30.9 33.6 34.9
Above TTL 35–44 53.9 49.8 47.6 50.2 49.2 48.1
Far above TTL ≥ 45 4.9 3.7 4.5 6.9 4.8 5.5
% of MTDs selected 8 10 9 12 11 13
Scenario 4: flat
Far below TTL 0–14 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Below TTL 15–24 13.7 12.3 11.9 14.0 11.7 11.6
TTL 25–34 73.1 75.4 70.8 76.2 75.7 74.8
Above TTL 35–44 13.1 12.3 17.3 9.8 12.6 13.6
Far above TTL ≥ 45 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
% of MTDs selected 7 7 6 9 8 8

TTL, target toxicity level. MTD, maximum tolerated dose.