There is a different in looking at independent endpoints or independent interim looks for stopping and looking at endpoins that are surrogates of one another. In the former cases, yes allocating p value properly is a must. In the latter case, it is not necessary. I posted the below follow-up to Clarksterh's post on iVillage:
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