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The Bayesian Adaptive Design Process: Components, Teamwork and Simulation
28 March 2012
The Bayesian Adaptive Design Process: Components, Teamwork and Simulation

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About the workshop

In this workshop, the speaker will describe common opportunities for increasing the efficiency of clinical trial and describe specific statistical approaches that can be used to realize these efficiencies.  The importance of simulation as a tool during the design of a trial and for the communication of the trial design characteristics will be emphasized.  The workshop will include a one-hour interactive session during which the speaker will lead the attendees through the adaptive design process, based either on trials described by the attendees or based on trials familiar to the speaker.  Finally, a brief introduction to a commercially available Bayesian adaptive clinical trial design and simulation software system will be provided.

About the workshop host

Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD received his PhD in Biophysics in 1986 and his MD in 1987 from Stanford University.  He completed clinical training in emergency medicine in 1990 and is currently a Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.  He is also Senior Medical Scientist at Berry Consultants, LLC, a statistical consulting group specializing in the development and implementation of adaptive Bayesian clinical trials in both industry and academic settings.  Dr. Lewis’s expertise centers on clinical research methodology, including adaptive and Bayesian trial design, and he participates in the design and analysis of numerous laboratory, clinical, and health services research studies.  His areas of interest include adaptive and Bayesian clinical trials; translational, clinical, health services and outcomes research; emergency department crowding and disaster preparedness, interim data analysis; the role and function of data monitoring committees; and difficulties surrounding informed consent in emergency research studies.  Dr. Lewis serves as the chair of data and safety monitoring boards (DSMB) for both federally-funded and industry-sponsored clinical trials.

About the organisation

Berry Consultants, LLC is a statistical consulting group specializing in adaptive clinical trial design in pharmaceutical and medical device research and development.  The statisticians at Berry Consultants are leaders in the Bayesian approach to medical statistics, an approach that is radically changing the way research is done throughout the medical industry (device and drug development).  Berry Consultants employs world renowned experts in Bayesian statistics and strive to set the standard for Bayesian design and analysis in the statistical and medical communities.

 

 

 

Workshop agenda

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8:30

Registration & Coffee

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8:50

Chairman's Opening Remarks

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9:10

Welcome, introduction and workshop plan

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9:10

Opportunities for Efficiency: Building Blocks for a Bayesian Adaptive Clinical Trial

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9:50

Simulation as a Communication and Design Tool

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10:15

Examples of Efficiency: Illustrative Clinical Trial Designs

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10:45

Morning Coffee

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11:00

Interactive Workshop: Group Participation in Conceptual Design of Adaptive Clinical Trials

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12:00

The FACTS software tool

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12:30

Discussion

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12:45

Close of Workshop

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50-60 Southampton Row
London WC1B 4AR
United Kingdom

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