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Table 1 EffTox parameters chosen in the Matchpoint trial. These are discussed in the main text

From: Implementing the EffTox dose-finding design in the Matchpoint trial

Notation

Interpretation

Value

N

Total number of patients

30

m

Cohort size

3

p E

Certainty required to infer dose is threshold efficable

0.03

p T

Certainty required to infer dose is threshold tolerable

0.05

\(\underline {{\pi }}_{E}\)

Minimum efficacy threshold

0.45

\(\overline {{\pi }}_{T}\)

Maximum toxicity threshold

0.4

\({\pi }_{1, E}^{*}\)

Required efficacy probability if toxicity is impossible

0.40

\({\pi }_{2, T}^{*}\)

Permissible toxicity probability if efficacy guaranteed

0.70