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. 2014 Apr 14;14:51. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-14-51

Table 3.

Results using the Braun and Gumbel copulas for data simulation under Scenario 2

Data ψ k Model     Dose    
 
 
 
Futility
1
2
3
4
Braun
0.5
Braun
0.147
0.748
0.094
0.011
0
 
 
 
 
33.159
5.922
0.798
0.042
 
 
Gumbel
0.13
0.732
0.121
0.016
0.001
 
 
 
 
32.652
6.984
1.161
0.084
 
 
Indep
0.129
0.770
0.093
0.008
0
 
 
 
 
34.542
5.826
0.825
0.063
 
0.7
Braun
0.16
0.744
0.091
0.005
0
 
 
 
 
32.919
6.315
0.645
0.039
 
 
Gumbel
0.106
0.761
0.117
0.016
0
 
 
 
 
34.059
6.762
0.81
0.09
 
 
Indep
0.098
0.781
0.109
0.012
0
 
 
 
 
34.671
6.516
0.705
0.09
 
0.9
Braun
0.204
0.707
0.086
0.003
0
 
 
 
 
31.878
6.18
0.396
0.018
 
 
Gumbel
0.071
0.799
0.114
0.015
0.001
 
 
 
 
34.977
7.2
0.63
0.063
 
 
Indep
0.095
0.773
0.122
0.009
0.001
 
 
 
 
34.329
6.789
0.795
0.078
Gumbel
0
Braun
0.14
0.722
0.126
0.012
0
 
 
 
 
32.889
6.69
0.756
0.051
 
 
Gumbel
0.124
0.745
0.122
0.008
0.001
 
 
 
 
33.714
6.564
0.786
0.069
 
 
Indep
0.13
0.751
0.111
0.007
0.001
 
 
 
 
33.585
6.465
0.738
0.099
 
0.4
Braun
0.159
0.741
0.09
0.009
0.001
 
 
 
 
33.39
5.886
0.96
0.066
 
 
Gumbel
0.127
0.755
0.1
0.016
0.002
 
 
 
 
33.882
6.234
1.02
0.09
 
 
Indep
0.118
0.758
0.113
0.011
0
 
 
 
 
33.36
7.059
0.927
0.036
 
0.8
Braun
0.16
0.742
0.094
0.004
0
 
 
 
 
32.991
6.048
0.534
0.06
 
 
Gumbel
0.081
0.799
0.104
0.014
0.002
 
 
 
 
35.247
6.657
0.84
0.048
 
 
Indep
0.113
0.76
0.118
0.009
0
        34.068 6.528 0.801 0.081

The first row is the selection probability for dose z; and the second is the average number of patients treated at dose z. YT and YS are simulated with association, ψk; k=1,2 when appropriate. The operating characteristics for the target dose are in bold.