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Table 1 Dose escalation and de-escalation boundaries (TTL = 0.3)

From: Adaptive design for identifying maximum tolerated dose early to accelerate dose-finding trial

Design

Action

Num of patients treated at current dose

3

6

9

12

15

18

mTPI

Escalate if Num of DLTs \(\le\)

0

1

1

2

2

3

De-escalate if Num of DLTs \(\ge\)

2

3

4

5

7

8

Keyboard

Escalate if Num of DLTs \(\le\)

0

1

2

2

3

4

De-escalate if Num of DLTs \(\ge\)

2

3

4

5

6

7

BOIN

Escalate if Num of DLTs \(\le\)

0

1

2

2

3

4

De-escalate if Num of DLTs \(\ge\)

2

3

4

5

6

7