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Table 2 Sample sizes for different treatment effect sizes and different scale sensitivities to decline

From: Measuring clinical progression in MCI and pre-MCI populations: enrichment and optimizing clinical outcomes over time

  

Mean-to-standard deviation ratio of change over time (coefficient of variation)

Sample size per group

0.2 (5)

0.3 (3.3)

0.4 (2.5)

0.5 (2)

0.6 (1.7)

0.7 (1.4)

0.8 (1.3)

0.9 (1.1)

1 (1)

Percentage effect relative to placebo

       

20

9,812

4,361

2,453

1,570

1,091

802

614

485

393

25

6,280

2,791

1,570

1,005

698

513

393

311

253

30

4,361

1,939

1,091

698

485

357

274

217

176

35

3,204

1,424

802

513

357

263

202

160

130

40

2,453

1,091

614

393

274

202

155

123

100

45

1,939

862

485

311

217

160

123

97

79

50

1,570

698

393

253

176

130

100

79

64

55

1,298

577

325

209

146

107

83

66

53

60

1,091

485

274

176

123

90

70

55

45

65

929

413

234

150

105

77

60

47

39

70

802

357

202

130

90

67

52

41

34

75

698

311

176

113

79

58

45

36

29

80

614

274

155

100

70

52

40

32

26

85

544

243

137

88

62

46

35

28

23

90

485

217

123

79

55

41

32

25

21

95

435

195

110

71

50

37

29

23

19

100

393

176

100

64

45

34

26

21

17