promising zone

German translation: erfolgversprechender Bereich

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English term or phrase:promising zone
German translation:erfolgversprechender Bereich
Entered by: Roman Lutz

16:08 Dec 2, 2015
English to German translations [PRO]
Medical - Mathematics & Statistics
English term or phrase: promising zone
Beschreibung des statistischen Teils einer klinischen Studie:

"In order to keep the total type I error of the trial to 5%, the decision of whether or not to increase the sample size will take place only if the Conditional Power obtained in the interim analysis is situated within the **promising zone**."

Kann jemand mit diesem Beriff etwas anfangen? Vielen Dank im Voraus!!
Roman Lutz
Germany
Local time: 22:01
im erfolgversprechenden Bereich
Explanation:
würde ich sagen, ohne den Kontext näher zu kennen.
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Peter Koczian
Germany
Local time: 22:01
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Vielen Dank, ich habe mich für diese Variante entschieden, da ich Mangels weiteren Kontexts vage bleiben wollte.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +1im erfolgversprechenden Bereich
Peter Koczian
3zweite stufe
DLyons
Summary of reference entries provided
Präsentationen zum Thema
Albrecht Degering

Discussion entries: 2





  

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im erfolgversprechenden Bereich


Explanation:
würde ich sagen, ohne den Kontext näher zu kennen.

Peter Koczian
Germany
Local time: 22:01
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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Vielen Dank, ich habe mich für diese Variante entschieden, da ich Mangels weiteren Kontexts vage bleiben wollte.

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agree  Vittorio Ferretti
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1 day 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
zweite stufe


Explanation:
See discussion above. Phase 1 has achieved die kritische Schranke für die zweite Stufe. "Promising" is see as more a marketing than a clinical term :-(

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 21:01
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  uyuni: A more or less established statistical term, not merely marketing jargon...(please see Albrecht's reference and my discussion entry).
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Reference comments


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Reference: Präsentationen zum Thema

Reference information:
Die Zonen ("Efficacy"), "Favorable", "Promising", "Unfavorable" und ("Futility"). Dabei geht um das "Promising Zone Design", in dem zuerst aufgrund eine "Vorstudie" mit einer Stichprobe durchgeführt wird, um festzulegen, wie groß die Teilnehmerzahl an der Studie sein muss, um ein statistisch signifikantes Ergebnis zu erhalten. "Promising" heißt dann, dass die Gruppengröße erhöht werden muss, um ein stat. signifikantes Ergebnis zu erhalten.


    Reference: http://www.biopharmnet.com/doc/2010_04_09_presentation.pdf
    https://catalyst.harvard.edu/pdf/regulatory-events/AdaptiveClinicalTrialsCaseStudy.pdf
Albrecht Degering
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

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agree  DLyons
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