Clinical change | Caset 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 |
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 | SDD1 | N1 | SDD2 | N2 | SDD3 | N3 |
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λ (0.063) | 0.078 | 26 | 0.117 | 56 | 0.156 | 98 |
ECV (0.038) | 0.048 | 27 | 0.072 | 58 | 0.096 | 102 |
- Sample size need to detect a clinical meaning change of ECV and λ with 80% of power and an alpha error of 0.05. Sample size is derived from the inter-study SDD as described by Altman [33] and Marchin [32]. Note that for studies comparing active vs. placebo, these sample size numbers need to be doubled. Case 1: the inter-study SDD1 in HF group was estimated 2.8 fold greater than the intra-study SDD; Case 2, the inter-study SDD2 was estimated 1.5 times more than SDD1; Case3, the inter-study SDD3 was estimated 2 times more than SDD1.