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exwannabe

03/06/12 6:47 PM

#138310 RE: p3analyze #138309

ONTY: OK so he was referring to the total alpha of 0.025. Is that one-sided or two-sided?

I have always thought it was 2 sided, and this CC should end that discussion. But never knew the exact reason why the FDA imposed it as a requirement for the SPA.

Is this always the case, if one wants a SPA on a single trial the FDA wants to see a lower P?

Or was this partially because the P2 data was statistically bad (in combo with the single trial)?
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hirogen

03/06/12 8:30 PM

#138322 RE: p3analyze #138309

OK so he was referring to the total alpha of 0.025. Is that one-sided or two-sided?

At a conference prior to 1st interim announcement, Kirkman used the phrase to describe trial design as "at the .025 level". Back then I asked the same question on the IV board you are asking now. I got a succinct reply from Nono that it was 1 sided. I have not been able to confirm this independently. But I will say Nono has been a pretty reliable source of info on START.

Perhaps this is a German pharma thing. A Bayer presentation on regorafenib in last line mCRC (CORRECT trial) had a slide showing trial design with the statement "1 sided overall alpha = 0.025"