Shared Control: Novel Trial Design Works In COVID, But Will Sponsors Buy In?
Executive Summary
COVID-19 has helped demonstrate the viability of platform trials with a shared control arm. That model is easier to extol than it is for sponsors to embrace, especially outside of crisis mode.
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