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Table 2 Required data for sample size calculations

From: A practical solution to estimate the sample size required for clinical prediction models generated from observational research on data

Model

Prevalence

Median tevent

tfollow-up

Rate

Time point

Follow-up

NB 5-year mortality risk

0.307

NB relapse/progression risk

0.258

NB time to death

0.307

24.2

60

0.0063

24

24

HR-NB 5-year mortality risk

0.500

HR-NB 5-year relapse/progression risk

0.408

-

HR-NB time to relapse/progression

0.561

19.08

72.12

0.0132

24

24

DIPG 1-year mortality risk

0.450

DIPG 2-year mortality risk

0.169

DIPG 1-year progression risk

0.235

DIPG time to death

0.169

11.4

24

0.0077

24

24

DIPG time to progression

0.235

7.7

12

0.0214

12

12

  1. Data related to each clinical endpoint for which the sample size has been determined. The number of parameters and the value of R is the same for all 11 scenarios (30 and 0.3, respectively) and thus, only the prevalence is required for the binary models