33rd Annual Summer Institute of Applied Statistics

June 20-22, 2008

Bayesian Clinical Trials

Presented by Dr. Scott M. Berry, Berry Consultants, College Station, TX

The course will describe recent Bayesian innovations in the design and
analysis of clinical trials. The goals are (i) more efficient clinical
trials and clinical development programs and (ii) treating patients more
effectively, both those in and outside of trials. The presenter will
provide some background on Bayesian designs for clinical trials and give
several case studies of the adaptive approach used in actual designs and
analyses presented to the FDA. These examples include the possibility of
early stopping, seamless phase II and III trials with sequential
sampling, and using early endpoints to guide sample size and adaptive
dose finding. The cost savings of such an approach are usually
substantial. The only prerequisite knowledge necessary is a basic
understanding of statistics and of clinical trials.

Workshop sessions will be held all day Wednesday and Thursday and on
Friday morning. The Summer Institute will begin with a Tuesday afternoon
golf tournament. Thursday evening we will have our traditional barbecue.

Registration Information

To register for Summer Institute, please contact the Statistics
Department by phone at (801) 422-4505 or by email at kathi_carter@byu.edu.

Costs are as follows:

For non-academic registration,

$700 *by* 1 May 2008
$850 *after* 1 May 2008

For academic registration,

$450 *by* 1 May 2008
$600 *after* 1 May 2008

For CES and Student Rates, please contact the department at (801) 422-4505.

Scott D. Grimshaw
Professor & Associate Chair
BYU Statistics