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Required information size to demonstrate or reject 15% relative risk reduction (a priori estimate) of the effect of strict blood pressure targets on progression of DR (with a control group proportion of 16.8%, alpha of 5%, and beta of 20%) is 7157 patients (vertical red dashed line). The red dashed lines represent the trial sequential monitoring boundaries and the futility boundaries. The solid blue line is the cumulative Z curve
