Table 3: Simulation results when true hazard ratio = 0.9.

Control median

Sample size

Percent censored

Bias

ASE

ESD

Proportion of HR

< 0.5

< 0.4

< 0.3

6

800

7.8

0.0019

0.0738

0.0750

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

600

7.8

-0.0012

0.0852

0.0851

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

400

7.8

-0.0029

0.1045

0.1057

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

200

7.8

0.0017

0.1481

0.1506

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

100

7.8

-0.0014

0.2105

0.2124

0.0040

0.0000

0.0000

50

8.1

-0.0113

0.3008

0.2987

0.0290

0.0050

0.0008

12

800

27.4

-0.0002

0.0831

0.0818

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

600

27.4

-0.0023

0.0960

0.0967

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

400

27.4

0.0007

0.1176

0.1181

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

200

27.5

-0.0060

0.1668

0.1638

0.0002

0.0000

0.0000

100

27.5

0.0013

0.2369

0.2431

0.0096

0.0006

0.0000

50

27.7

0.0062

0.3381

0.3437

0.0432

0.0102

0.0006

24

800

52.1

-0.0007

0.1024

0.1029

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

600

52.0

0.0010

0.1182

0.1165

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

400

52.2

0.0006

0.1451

0.1456

0.0000

0.0000

0.0000

200

52.1

0.0022

0.2056

0.2063

0.0018

0.0002

0.0000

100

52.1

-0.0028

0.2927

0.2927

0.0238

0.0028

0.0000

50

52.3

-0.0103

0.4210

0.4344

0.0890

0.0346

0.0080

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Median HR rounded to two decimal places was 0.90 in all cases except for one case when it was 0.91 (Control median = 24, Sample size = 200) and one case when it was 0.89 (Control median = 24, Sample size = 50).