Robust Covariate‐Adjusted Log‐Rank Statistics and Corresponding Sample Size Formula for Recurrent Events Data

Rui Song, Michael R. Kosorok and Jianwen Cai

Biometrics, 2008, vol. 64, issue 3, 741-750

Abstract: Summary Recurrent events data are frequently encountered in clinical trials. This article develops robust covariate‐adjusted log‐rank statistics applied to recurrent events data with arbitrary numbers of events under independent censoring and the corresponding sample size formula. The proposed log‐rank tests are robust with respect to different data‐generating processes and are adjusted for predictive covariates. It reduces to the Kong and Slud (1997, Biometrika84, 847–862) setting in the case of a single event. The sample size formula is derived based on the asymptotic normality of the covariate‐adjusted log‐rank statistics under certain local alternatives and a working model for baseline covariates in the recurrent event data context. When the effect size is small and the baseline covariates do not contain significant information about event times, it reduces to the same form as that of Schoenfeld (1983, Biometrics39, 499–503) for cases of a single event or independent event times within a subject. We carry out simulations to study the control of type I error and the comparison of powers between several methods in finite samples. The proposed sample size formula is illustrated using data from an rhDNase study.

Date: 2008
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