From: Accounting for treatment by center interaction in sample size determinations and the use of surrogate outcomes in the pessary for the prevention of preterm birth trial: a simulation study
Coefficient of variation
Probability that π Si >0.225
Number of clinical centers
20
40
60
80
100
0
1
610
580
560
540
520
0.1
0.99
660
600
530
0.2
0.90
880
700
650
0.3
0.79
1840
1000
800
640
0.4
0.71
50,000
1700
1200
900