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<Articles JournalTitle="Frontiers in Emergency Medicine">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Frontiers in Emergency Medicine</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2717-3593</Issn>
      <Volume>4</Volume>
      <Issue>1</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>27</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Sample Size Calculation Guide - Part 6: How to calculate the sample size for a non-inferiority or an equivalence clinical trial</title>
    <FirstPage>e15</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>e15</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Ahmed</FirstName>
        <LastName>Negida</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, El-Sharkia, Egypt</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>27</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">In the previous educational articles, we explained how to calculate the sample size for a rate or a single proportion, for an independent cohort study, for an independent case-control study, for a diagnostic test accuracy study, and for a superiority clinical trial. In this article, we will explain how to calculate the sample size for a non-inferiority or equivalence clinical trial.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://fem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fem/article/view/302</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://fem.tums.ac.ir/index.php/fem/article/download/302/245</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
