GOST: A generic ordinal sequential trial design for a treatment trial in an emerging pandemic
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GOST: A generic ordinal sequential trial design for a treatment trial in an emerging pandemic
BACKGROUND Conducting clinical trials to assess experimental treatments for potentially pandemic infectious diseases is challenging. Since many outbreaks of infectious diseases last only six to eight weeks, there is a need for trial designs that can be implemented rapidly in the face of uncertainty. Outbreaks are sudden and unpredictable and so it is essential that as much planning as possible ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005439