Preface
1. Introduction
part I. Design of trials for estimating dynamic treatment regimes
2. DTRs and SMARTs : definitions, designs, and applications
3. Efficient design for clinically relevant intent-to-treat comparisons
4. SMART design, conduct, and analysis in oncology
5. Sample size calculations for clustered SMART designs
part II. Practical challenges in dynamic treatment regime analyses
6. Analysis in the single-stage setting : an overview of estimation approaches for dynamic treatment regimes
7. G-estimation for dynamic treatment regimes in the longitudinal setting
8. Outcome weighted learning methods for optimal dynamic treatment regimes
9. Value search estimators for optimal dynamic treatment regimes
10. Evaluation of longitudinal dynamics with and without marginal structural working models
11. Imputation strategy for SMARTs
12. Clinical trials for personalized dose finding
13. Methods for analyzing DTRs with censored survival data
14. Outcome weighted learning with a reject option
15. Estimation of dynamic treatment regimes for complex outcomes : balancing benefits and risks
16. Practical reinforcement learning in dynamic treatment regimes
17. Reinforcement learning applications in clinical trials.