ROSE: Randomized Optimal Selection Design for Dose Optimization

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Main Authors: Wang, Shuqi, Yuan, Ying, Liu, Suyu
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Published: 2025
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author Wang, Shuqi
Yuan, Ying
Liu, Suyu
author_facet Wang, Shuqi
Yuan, Ying
Liu, Suyu
contents The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched Project Optimus to shift the objective of dose selection from the maximum tolerated dose to the optimal biological dose (OBD), optimizing the benefit-risk tradeoff. One approach recommended by the FDA's guidance is to conduct randomized trials comparing multiple doses. In this paper, using the selection design framework (Simon et al., 1985), we propose a randomized optimal selection (ROSE) design, which minimizes sample size while ensuring the probability of correct selection of the OBD at prespecified accuracy levels. The ROSE design is simple to implement, involving a straightforward comparison of the difference in response rates between two dose arms against a predetermined decision boundary. We further consider a two-stage ROSE design that allows for early selection of the OBD at the interim when there is sufficient evidence, further reducing the sample size. Simulation studies demonstrate that the ROSE design exhibits desirable operating characteristics in correctly identifying the OBD. A sample size of 15 to 40 patients per dosage arm typically results in a percentage of correct selection of the optimal dose ranging from 60% to 70%.
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Wang, Shuqi
Yuan, Ying
Liu, Suyu
Methodology
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched Project Optimus to shift the objective of dose selection from the maximum tolerated dose to the optimal biological dose (OBD), optimizing the benefit-risk tradeoff. One approach recommended by the FDA's guidance is to conduct randomized trials comparing multiple doses. In this paper, using the selection design framework (Simon et al., 1985), we propose a randomized optimal selection (ROSE) design, which minimizes sample size while ensuring the probability of correct selection of the OBD at prespecified accuracy levels. The ROSE design is simple to implement, involving a straightforward comparison of the difference in response rates between two dose arms against a predetermined decision boundary. We further consider a two-stage ROSE design that allows for early selection of the OBD at the interim when there is sufficient evidence, further reducing the sample size. Simulation studies demonstrate that the ROSE design exhibits desirable operating characteristics in correctly identifying the OBD. A sample size of 15 to 40 patients per dosage arm typically results in a percentage of correct selection of the optimal dose ranging from 60% to 70%.
title ROSE: Randomized Optimal Selection Design for Dose Optimization
topic Methodology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.03898