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Activity Number: 592
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Thursday, August 6, 2009 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Biopharmaceutical Section
Abstract - #304322
Title: Demonstrating Treatment Effect Using a Bootstrap Simulation
Author(s): Xiaolong Shih*+
Companies: Boston Scientific Corporation
Address: 4100 Hamline Ave N, St. Paul, MN, 55112,
Keywords: bootstrap ; medical device trial ; measurement error ; simulation
Abstract:

A new generation of a medical device includes a feature that allowed physician to program baseline parameters to maximize the stroke volume. Was this acute gain in stroke volume as a result of measurement errors or the effect of this add-on new feature? A bootstrap simulation method was used to discover the cause.

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