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. 2021 Oct 15;49(4):1166–1175. doi: 10.1007/s00259-021-05578-8

Table 1.

Sample size calculations at desired therapeutic effects for the design of disease-modifying interventions using striatal [11C]CHDI-626 PET imaging as the endpoint

Therapeutic effect (%) Sample size required per experimental arm (n)
3 months 6 months 9 months 13 months
(1-β) = 0.80 (1-β) = 0.90 (1-β) = 0.80 (1-β) = 0.90 (1-β) = 0.80 (1-β) = 0.90 (1-β) = 0.80 (1-β) = 0.90
100% n = 16 n = 22 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3
90% n = 20 n = 27 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3
80% n = 25 n = 34 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3
70% n = 32 n = 44 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3
60% n = 44 n = 60 n = 3 n = 4 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3
50% n = 62 n = 86 n = 4 n = 5 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3 n = 3
40% n = 97 n = 133 n = 6 n = 8 n = 3 n = 4 n = 3 n = 4
30% n = 175 n = 242 n = 9 n = 12 n = 4 n = 5 n = 5 n = 6
20% n = 383 n = 530 n = 20 n = 27 n = 8 n = 10 n = 9 n = 12

Values are determined based on a one-tailed test, with α = 0.05 and different (1-β) powers