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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Stat Assoc. 2014 Jun 13;109(506):525–536. doi: 10.1080/01621459.2014.881740

Table 2.

Simulation study comparing the five phase I–II designs in Case 2. The probability pairs given in parentheses for each dose level are (πE(dr)true, πT(dr)true).

Method Dose Level NE/NT Duration
(Days)

1 2 3 4 5 None
Scenario 1 (0.05, 0.03) (0.10, 0.05) (0.20, 0.07) (0.25, 0.08) (0.35, 0.10)
δtrue 0.52 0.53 0.58 0.61 0.67
LO-EffTox % selected 0.0 0.4 1.1 2.2 90.9 5.4 12.7/3.9 237
# patients 3.58 4.25 5.99 4.91 27.75
One Down % selected 0.0 4.8 94.2 1.0 0.0 0.0 2.9/1.6 246
# patients 38.74 9.23 0.03 0.00 0.00
Look Ahead % selected 0.0 0.0 1.6 1.9 91.0 5.5 13.3/4.0 399
# patients 3.25 3.49 4.54 6.11 29.26 (49.2)
Complete Case % selected 0.0 2.7 7.3 6.3 80.7 3.0 6.2/2.4 244
# patients 28.96 3.64 3.91 3.35 7.97
TiTE-CRM % selected 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 99.9 0.1 14.2/4.3 240
# patients 3.22 3.23 3.18 3.40 34.92
Scenario 2 (0.02, 0.10) (0.10, 0.15) (0.40, 0.20) (0.45, 0.30) (0.50, 0.60)
δtrue 0.43 0.43 0.59 0.52 0.32
LO-EffTox % selected 0.0 9.4 62.5 21.4 5.4 1.3 16.4/12.6 244
# patients 3.35 8.30 18.77 10.09 7.03
One Down % selected 0.0 1.8 96.3 1.4 0.0 0.5 1.6/5.2 246
# patients 38.72 9.17 0.04 0.00 0.00
Look Ahead % selected 0.1 8.9 56.9 27.9 5.7 0.5 17.3/13.2 436
# patients 3.27 6.46 17.54 13.38 7.24 (58.8)
Complete Case % selected 0.0 5.3 29.2 32.0 33.2 0.3 7.9/9.1 246
# patients 29.11 3.65 5.10 5.09 5.04
TiTE-CRM % selected 0.0 0.7 14.0 70.8 13.3 1.2 18.3/15.7 238
# patients 3.99 4.39 8.27 18.97 11.89
Scenario 3 (0.30, 0.10) (0.35, 0.20) (0.45, 0.40) (0.50, 0.60) (0.55, 0.65)
δtrue 0.63 0.55 0.43 0.32 0.31
LO-EffTox % selected 68.1 27.9 3.4 0.4 0.0 0.2 16.4/9.2 247
# patients 26.19 13.53 5.82 1.99 0.46
One Down % selected 44.9 8.0 47.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 14.8/5.6 246
# patients 38.98 8.99 0.02 0.00 0.00
Look Ahead % selected 58.3 32.2 8.7 0.7 0.0 0.1 16.7/9.7 420
# patients 22.21 16.28 7.54 1.69 0.23 (54.0)
Complete Case % selected 85.1 11.3 2.0 1.5 0.1 0.0 14.9/6.2 247
# patients 39.77 5.24 2.39 0.57 0.03
TiTE-CRM % selected 1.1 30.1 62.3 5.1 0.0 1.4 20.1/17.4 238
# patients 5.32 12.13 18.08 8.98 2.90
Scenario 4 (0.18, 0.20) (0.28, 0.24) (0.55, 0.28) (0.74, 0.31) (0.79, 0.33)
δtrue 0.44 0.46 0.62 0.76 0.78
LO-EffTox % selected 3.5 3.8 10.4 20.9 61.0 0.4 27.0/13.5 246
# patients 9.02 5.84 7.97 11.51 13.52
One Down % selected 17.0 7.5 73.1 1.2 0.0 1.2 9.6/9.9 245
# patients 38.64 9.09 0.05 0.00 0.00
Look Ahead % selected 6.4 6.1 14.8 23.1 48.5 1.1 27.1/13.4 445
# patients 7.58 6.17 9.38 10.55 13.93 (62.0)
Complete Case % selected 11.4 6.1 7.8 20.1 54.4 0.2 15.3/11.0 246
# patients 31.64 4.12 3.79 3.82 4.60
TiTE-CRM % selected 1.1 5.6 19.1 28.0 40.2 6.0 25.9/12.8 231
# patients 6.37 6.89 9.16 10.50 12.62
Scenario 6 (0.20, 0.10) (0.50, 0.19) (0.52, 0.34) (0.54, 0.44) (0.56, 0.54)
δtrue 0.55 0.69 0.53 0.45 0.38
LO-EffTox % selected 20.3 63.4 13.9 1.8 0.4 0.2 20.8/10.9 246
# patients 11.86 20.78 10.87 3.45 0.96
One Down % selected 8.0 12.4 79.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 12.4/5.6 247
# patients 38.73 9.24 0.03 0.00 0.00
Look Ahead % selected 16.7 52.2 26.3 3.8 0.9 0.1 21.6/11.5 402
# patients 9.10 20.03 13.71 4.26 0.86 (48.6)
Complete Case % selected 27.8 40.2 22.8 7.1 2.0 0.1 14.4/7.6 246
# patients 32.84 7.63 5.38 1.82 0.33
TiTE-CRM % selected 0.0 11.8 51.6 30.2 4.6 1.8 23.5/16.7 237
# patients 4.47 7.42 14.68 13.57 7.10
Scenario 8 (0.02, 0.10) (0.05, 0.25) (0.35, 0.55) (0.40, 0.60) (0.50, 0.70)
δtrue 0.43 0.34 0.29 0.28 0.27
LO-EffTox % selected 0.0 1.9 8.1 0.4 0.1 89.5 7.9/13.6 117
# patients 3.36 7.21 13.99 4.18 1.79
One Down % selected 0.0 4.2 90.1 1.4 0.0 4.3 1.3/6.1 247
# patients 38.62 9.31 0.05 0.00 0.00
Look Ahead % selected 0.0 1.6 18.8 1.1 0.1 78.4 8.2/13.4 367
# patients 3.22 8.10 16.11 3.79 1.17 (53.5)
Complete Case % selected 0.0 8.2 33.5 8.7 3.9 45.7 5.0/10.6 204
# patients 28.81 4.85 7.18 2.84 1.15
TiTE-CRM % selected 5.8 58.7 31.7 0.9 0.0 2.9 9.1/17.5 236
# patients 8.00 17.23 14.29 5.65 1.69