Biopharmaceutical
Analysis of Clinical Trial Data Focus of
Deming Conference
Walter Young
D
on’t miss the 65th Annual
Deming Conference on Applied
Statistics Sunday, December
6–11 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The purpose of the three-day confer-
ence and following two days of short
courses is to provide a learning experi-
ence surrounding recent developments
in statistical methodologies. The con-
ference is composed of 12 three-hour
tutorials on current statistical topics of
interest. Recognized experts in applied
statistics will give the lectures and short
courses based on their recently published
books, which will be for sale at the con-
ference at an appreciable discount.
Major emphasis will be on the anal-
ysis of clinical trial data, and there are
four speakers currently lined up from the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
One of the short courses, taught by
Geert Molenberghs of Universiteit
Hasselt in Belgium, will cover the evalu-
ation of surrogate endpoints. Attendees
also will receive bound proceedings of
the conference presentations.
Courses Offered
Issues and Challenges in Multiregional
Clinical Trials
Sue-Jane Wang and Jim Hung (FDA)
Stage-Wise Adaptive Designs The Statistical Evaluation of
Shelemyahu Zacks Surrogate Endpoints in Clinical
Design and Analysis of Thorough
(Binghamton University) Trials (two-day course)
QT Studies
Yi Tsong (FDA)
Dose-Finding with Escalation with
Geert Molenberghs
Overdose Control (EWOC) in
(Universiteit Hasselt)
Bioinformatics
Cancer Clinical Trials
Jae K. Lee (University of Virginia)
Andre’ Rogatko (Cedars-Sinai
The conference will be held in
Safety Data Analysis
Medical Center)
the Havana Tower of the Tropicana
Larry Gould (Merck)
Casino Resort, whose shops and dining
High-Dimensional Data Analysis in
experiences mimic the atmosphere of
Basic Concepts in Equivalence/
Cancer Research
Old Havana.
Noninferiority Testing
Xiaochun Li and Jaroslaw Harezlak
For more information, email the
Tie-Hua Ng (FDA)
(Indiana University School
conference chair, Walter Young, at
Data and Safety Monitoring
of Medicine)
demingchair@gmail.com. The full
Committees in Clinical Trials
Implementation of Adaptive Trials
program will be available at www.
Jay Herson (The Johns Hopkins
Nitin Patel and Judith Quinlan
demingconference.com on June 1. ■
University)
(Cytel Software Corp)
MAY 2009 AMSTAT NEWS 53
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