Adapting the randomised controlled trial (RCT) for precision medicine: introducing the nested-precision RCT (npRCT)
Abstract Adaptations to the gold standard randomised controlled trial (RCT) have been introduced to decrease trial costs and avoid high sample sizes. To facilitate development of precision medicine algorithms that aim to optimise treatment allocation for individual patients, we propose a new RCT ada...
Main Authors: | Nils Kappelmann, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, Johannes Kopf-Beck |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-01-01
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Series: | Trials |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04965-0 |
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