Fong Wang-Clow (Genentech, Inc., USA)

Alternative Approaches of Multiple Comparisons in Clinical Trials

There are a lot of types of multiple comparison in clinical trial. This presentation will provide four types of multiple comparisons and their applications in clinical trials. This presentation also shows how the needs of medical and clinical drive the use of the alternative approaches as opposing to the classical approaches.

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