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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2016 Apr 21;32(8):827–834. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.2800

Table 4.

Planning Parameters and Sample Sizes for Recent Onset Trials (Statistical Power is 85% for all calculations)

No. of Treatment Arms Planning Parameters (from Table 3) Other Planning Parameters Total Sample Size
Estimates Used* Standard Deviation (RMSE) Predicted Control Group Mean MDDΔ α level (sides of test) Allocation Ratio (C:E) Excluding Those with Missing Endpoint Including Those Missing Endpoint (inflated 10%)
2 RMSE & PCGM 0.152 0.334 50 0.05 (1) 1:2 15+29 16+32
90% LB of PCGM 0.152 0.319 50 0.05 (1) 1:2 16+31 17+34
90% UB of RMSE 0.158 0.334 50 0.05 (1) 1:2 16+31 17+34
Both LB of PCGM & UB RMSE 0.158 0.319 50 0.05 (1) 1:2 17+33 19+37
Unadjusted Estimates (t-test) 0.232 0.332 50 0.05 (1) 1:2 34+67 37+74
5 studies combined estimates 0.152 0.334 65 0.05 (1) 1:2 9+18 10+20
90% LB of control group mean 0.152 0.319 65 0.05 (1) 1:2 10+19 11+21
90% UB of RMSE 0.158 0.334 65 0.05 (1) 1:2 10+19 11+21
Both LB mean & UB RMSE 0.158 0.319 65 0.05 (1) 1:2 11+21 12+23
Unadjusted Estimates (t-test) 0.232 0.332 65 0.05 (1) 1:2 21+41 23+46
5 studies combined estimates 0.152 0.334 50 0.05 (2) 1:2 18+36 20+40
90% LB of control group mean 0.152 0.319 50 0.05 (2) 1:2 19+38 22+43
90% UB of RMSE 0.158 0.334 50 0.05 (2) 1:2 20+39 22+43
Both LB mean & UB RMSE 0.158 0.319 50 0.05 (2) 1:2 21+42 23+46
Unadjusted Estimates (t-test) 0.232 0.332 50 0.05 (2) 1:2 42+84 47+93
5 studies combined estimates 0.152 0.334 65 0.05 (2) 1:2 11+22 13+25
90% LB of control group mean 0.152 0.319 65 0.05 (2) 1:2 12+24 13+26
90% UB of RMSE 0.158 0.334 65 0.05 (2) 1:2 12+24 14+27
Both LB mean & UB RMSE 0.158 0.319 65 0.05 (2) 1:2 13+26 14+28
Unadjusted Estimates (t-test) 0.232 0.332 65 0.05 (2) 1:2 26+52 29+57
3 RMSE & PCGM 0.152 0.334 50 0.025 (1) 1:1:1 3×24=72 3×27=81
90% LB of PCGM 0.152 0.319 50 0.025 (1) 1:1:1 3×26=78 3×29=87
90% UB of RMSE 0.158 0.334 50 0.025 (1) 1:1:1 3×26=78 3×29=87
Both LB of PCGM & UB RMSE 0.158 0.319 50 0.025 (1) 1:1:1 3×28=84 3×31=93
Unadjusted Estimates (t-test) 0.232 0.332 50 0.025 (1) 1:1:1 3×56=168 3×62=186
5 studies combined estimates 0.152 0.334 65 0.025 (1) 1:1:1 3×15=45 3×17=51
90% LB of control group mean 0.152 0.319 65 0.025 (1) 1:1:1 3×16=48 3×18=54
90% UB of RMSE 0.158 0.334 65 0.025 (1) 1:1:1 3×16=48 3×18=54
Both LB mean & UB RMSE 0.158 0.319 65 0.025 (1) 1:1:1 3×17=51 3×19=57
Unadjusted Estimates (t-test) 0.232 0.332 65 0.025 (1) 1:1:1 3×35=105 3×38=114
*

All estimates are based on the five studies combined. All 4 combinations of the estimate or 90% upper/lower bound of the estimate for both RMSE and the predicted control group mean are listed. Along with, the observed control group mean and the pooled unbiased estimate of the standard deviation (pooled over treatment group).

Δ

Minimal Detectable Difference expressed as a percent increase on the original C-Peptide scale of the experimental group mean to the predicted control group mean.

For the 3 treatment arm trials two-pairwise tests will be performed, thereby controlling the overall type I error at 0.05

C is the Control Group and E is the Experimental Group.