Our statisticians developed this calculator for a rapid evaluation of the trial. You can get an early futility assessment and modify the design while the trial is still going on. The calculator can also be used at the design stage to evaluate various scenarios and operating characteristics.

The “theory” panel provides an overview of the methods and has links to publications for more details. You then choose the values on the left panel:

• Nmin and Nmax for the minimum and maximum number of patients required
• p1: minimum acceptable probability of response
• p0: maximum unacceptable probability of response
• alpha: type I probability error
• 1-beta: power

Then the “Simon two-stage design panel” provides the design description and finally the “Modified Simon two-stage design panel” shows suggestions on how and whether to continue the trial according to the following parameters chosen on the left panel:

• n1 star: the number of patients at the first stage
• Xn1 star:  the number of positive responses seen at the first stage
• CP: hopeful region upper and lower limits

The plots show the first stage result: if this result falls within the positive region, the application provides the new sample size and rejection boundary to carry on the trial. Otherwise, the application suggests halting the study (either for futility or overwhelming efficacy).

In all, only a few clicks are needed!