Synthesizing existing evidence to design future trials: survey of methodologists from European institutions

Abstract Background ‘Conditional trial design’ is a framework for efficiently planning new clinical trials based on a network of relevant existing trials. The framework considers whether new trials are required and how the existing evidence can be used to answer the research question and plan future...

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Main Authors: Adriani Nikolakopoulou, Sven Trelle, Alex J. Sutton, Matthias Egger, Georgia Salanti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-019-3449-6