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Table 2 Reported operating characteristics from the two-arm simulation

From: Should RECOVERY have used response adaptive randomisation? Evidence from a simulation study

Operating characteristic where sample size matches RECOVERY

FuR

FeR

Tf

RMCf

Ts

RMCs

i

ii

iii

i

ii

iii

61.6

38.6

32.3

60.7

38.3

29.6

Proportion allocated to dexamethasone (%)

33.3

50

62.9

62.4

57.0 (average

57.8 (average)

38.4

61.4

67.7

39.3

61.7

70.4

Mortality rate (deaths/6400 and percentage)

1583 (24.7%)

1556 (24.3%)

1528 (23.9%)

1527 (23.9%)

1516 (23.7%)

1514 (23.7%)

Statistical power (%)

65.2

67.7

66.7

66.1

N/A

52.3

97.4

N/A

53.9

97.6

Type 1 error rate (%)

4.7

5.3

5.0

5.0

5.8

5.2

Bias (×10−2)

0

0

−2.8

−3.3

−0.7

0.8

0.7

−0.4

2.6

1.5

Mean Squared error (× 10−4)

1.27

1.18

1.21

1.28

6.57

3.57

16.0

6.67

3.55

16.2