Helps a clinical trial team  discuss
the clinical goals  of a well-defined biomarker with a diagnostic,
staging, prognostic, or predictive purpose.  From this discussion will
come a statistical plan for a (non-randomized) validation trial.
Both prospective and retrospective trials are supported. In a specific
focused discussion, investigators should determine the range of
"discomfort" for the NNT, number needed to treat.  The meaning of
the discomfort range, [NNTlower, NNTupper], is that within this range
most physicians would feel discomfort either in treating or withholding
treatment. A pair of NNT values bracketing that range, NNTpos and NNTneg,
become the targets of the study's design.  If the trial can demonstrate
that a positive biomarker test yields an NNT less than NNTlower,
and that a negative biomarker test yields an NNT less than NNTlower,
then the biomarker may be useful for patients. A highlight of the package
is visualization of a "contra-Bayes" theorem, which produces criteria for
retrospective case-controls studies.

Calculate Design Parameters for Biomarker Validation Studies

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<p>Return the index minimizing distance from v to target.
</p>

<table summary="R argblock">
<tr valign="top">
<td><code>v</code></td>
<td>
<p>The vector to compare to target.</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td><code>target</code></td>
<td>
<p>The value sought in the vector; default=0.</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

<p>The index in v of the value which is closest to target.
</p>

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argmin

Description

Usage

Arguments

Value

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`v`	The vector to compare to target.
`target`	The value sought in the vector; default=0.