Meandering journey towards routine trial adaptation: survey results on barriers to use of adaptive designs in confirmatory trials
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Methods Based upon themes drawn from in-depth interviews of key research stakeholders, we undertook cross-sectional, online surveys (November 2014 to January 2015) of; CTUs, public funders and industry in the UK. Observed response rates were: 55% (30/55) CTUs, 68% (17/25) industry, and 41% (86/212) public funders. We employed Rating Scale Modelling [5] to rank the perceived importance of barriers and concerns for prioritisation.
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دوره 16 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015