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Table 6 Average numbers of patients treated at each of eight doses for NCRM under scenario 1 and 3 when α and (μ,σ) are unknown

From: A nonparametric Bayesian continual reassessment method in single-agent dose-finding studies

Prior

Dose Level

Case

(μ,σ)a

α

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1

A

Γ(2,5)

3.474

3.915

6.273

15.879

21.567

7.983

0.879

0.030

  

Γ(2,2)

3.342

3.606

4.263

15.705

26.751

6.030

0.303

0.000

  

Γ(5,2)

3.390

3.672

3.705

12.576

30.048

6.426

0.177

0.006

  

Γ(10,2)

3.450

3.603

3.675

10.635

31.983

6.582

0.066

0.006

 

B

Γ(2,5)

3.537

3.957

6.381

17.718

21.378

6.450

0.555

0.024

  

Γ(2,2)

3.342

3.618

3.810

15.129

28.473

5.367

0.165

0.006

  

Γ(5,2)

3.393

3.510

3.702

14.523

29.253

5.460

0.159

0.000

  

Γ(10,2)

3.363

3.594

3.717

13.014

31.074

5.157

0.075

0.006

 

C

Γ(2,5)

3.417

3.570

4.155

14.847

26.706

7.101

0.204

0.00

  

Γ(2,2)

3.411

3.573

3.948

14.589

28.089

6.339

0.051

0.000

  

Γ(5,2)

3.372

3.570

3.783

12.495

29.781

6.819

0.180

0.000

  

Γ(10,2)

3.402

3.567

3.663

10.887

31.743

6.621

0.105

0.012

 

D

Γ(2,5)

3.435

3.525

4.404

18.249

25.404

4.761

0.210

0.012

  

Γ(2,2)

3.444

3.558

3.927

16.455

28.017

4.455

0.144

0.000

  

Γ(5,2)

3.429

3.501

3.798

16.017

28.530

4.566

0.153

0.006

  

Γ(10,2)

3.408

3.612

3.684

15.390

29.757

4.053

0.090

0.006

3

E

Γ(2,5)

3.075

3.399

3.687

4.335

6.141

9.936

15.465

13.962

  

Γ(2,2)

3.108

3.486

3.714

4.305

5.871

9.753

16.014

13.749

  

Γ(5,2)

3.078

3.363

3.810

3.870

4.554

8.478

18.222

14.625

  

Γ(10,2)

3.090

3.396

3.633

3.684

3.576

4.617

21.420

16.584

 

F

Γ(2,5)

3.090

3.471

3.741

4.326

6.333

10.383

15.444

13.212

  

Γ(2,2)

3.111

3.375

3.735

4.113

5.418

9.525

17.049

13.674

  

Γ(5,2)

3.081

3.450

3.633

3.645

3.801

6.630

19.911

15.849

  

Γ(10,2)

3.105

3.387

3.657

3.708

3.588

5.532

21.4189

15.834

 

G

Γ(2,5)

3.096

3.477

3.789

4.275

6.015

9.840

15.312

14.196

  

Γ(2,2)

3.096

3.450

3.651

4.245

5.706

9.441

16.191

14.220

  

Γ(5,2)

3.372

3.375

3.792

3.735

4.005

6.873

19.104

16.056

  

Γ(10,2)

3.066

3.474

3.681

3.597

3.570

4.347

20.088

18.177

 

H

Γ(2,5)

3.060

3.411

3.753

4.272

5.952

9.834

15.462

14.256

  

Γ(2,2)

3.081

3.426

3.672

3.849

4.434

7.320

18.411

15.807

  

Γ(5,2)

3.051

3.477

3.648

3.672

3.747

6.306

19.278

16.821

  

Γ(10,2)

3.075

3.396

3.666

3.648

3.633

4.785

20.613

17.184

  1. aNote: A=(5,7)×(1,3), B=(4,8)×(1,3), C=(5,7)×(0,4), D=(4,8)×(0,4), E=(9,11)×(4,6), F=(8,12)×(4,6), G=(9,11)×(3,7), H=(8,12)×(3,7)