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Back Page: On the design of comparator clinical studies

  • Publication Date: 06/01/2014
  • Author(s):
    Pritchard, John N.
  • Organization(s):
    Philips Respironics
  • Article Type: Back Page
  • Subjects: Industry Issues and Trends, Product Development/Formulation, Testing, Validation, and Regulatory Compliance
It is hard to justify including a placebo arm in any study involving well-established receptor types

Given the wide and increasing prevalence of safe and effective medications to treat respiratory diseases, it is hard to justify including a placebo arm in any study involving well-established receptor types and such a study would be even harder to design.

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