A graphical approach to sequentially rejective multiple test procedures.

Abstract:

:For clinical trials with multiple treatment arms or endpoints a variety of sequentially rejective, weighted Bonferroni-type tests have been proposed, such as gatekeeping procedures, fixed sequence tests, and fallback procedures. They allow to map the difference in importance as well as the relationship between the various research questions onto an adequate multiple test procedure. Since these procedures rely on the closed test principle, they usually require the explicit specification of a large number of intersection hypotheses tests. The underlying test strategy may therefore be difficult to communicate. We propose a simple iterative graphical approach to construct and perform such Bonferroni-type tests. The resulting multiple test procedures are represented by directed, weighted graphs, where each node corresponds to an elementary hypothesis, together with a simple algorithm to generate such graphs while sequentially testing the individual hypotheses. The approach is illustrated with the visualization of several common gatekeeping strategies. A case study is used to illustrate how the methods from this article can be used to tailor a multiple test procedure to given study objectives.

journal_name

Stat Med

journal_title

Statistics in medicine

authors

Bretz F,Maurer W,Brannath W,Posch M

doi

10.1002/sim.3495

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-02-15 00:00:00

pages

586-604

issue

4

eissn

0277-6715

issn

1097-0258

journal_volume

28

pub_type

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