Sponsors’ Use Of Adaptive Designs Appears To Be Growing
This article was originally published in Pharmaceutical Approvals Monthly
Executive Summary
A Drug Information Association working group survey found 477 studies between Jan. 1, 2008 and Sept. 1, 2011 utilized some type of adaptive design.
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