Informing efficient randomised controlled trials: exploration of challenges in developing progression criteria for internal pilot studies

KNL Avery, PR Williamson, C Gamble… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Designing studies with an internal pilot phase may optimise the use of pilot work
to inform more efficient randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Careful selection of preagreed …

Adaptive design clinical trials: a review of the literature and ClinicalTrials. gov

LE Bothwell, J Avorn, NF Khan, AS Kesselheim - BMJ open, 2018 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives This review investigates characteristics of implemented adaptive design clinical
trials and provides examples of regulatory experience with such trials. Design Review of …

[HTML][HTML] Framework for the development and evaluation of complex interventions: gap analysis, workshop and consultation-informed update

K Skivington, L Matthews, SA Simpson… - Health technology …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background The Medical Research Council published the second edition of its framework in
2006 on developing and evaluating complex interventions. Since then, there have been …

Optimization of behavioral, biobehavioral, and biomedical interventions

LM Collins, KC Kugler - Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018 - Springer
In the United States and worldwide, billions of dollars have been spent to develop
behavioral, biobehavioral, and biomedical interventions (hereafter referred to simply as …

The future of psychopharmacology: a critical appraisal of ongoing phase 2/3 trials, and of some current trends aiming to de‐risk trial programmes of novel agents

CU Correll, M Solmi, S Cortese, M Fava… - World …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite considerable progress in pharmacotherapy over the past seven decades, many
mental disorders remain insufficiently treated. This situation is in part due to the limited …

SPIRIT 2013 explanation and elaboration: guidance for protocols of clinical trials

AW Chan, JM Tetzlaff, PC Gøtzsche, DG Altman… - Bmj, 2013 - bmj.com
High quality protocols facilitate proper conduct, reporting, and external review of clinical
trials. However, the completeness of trial protocols is often inadequate. To help improve the …

The Adaptive designs CONSORT Extension (ACE) statement: a checklist with explanation and elaboration guideline for reporting randomised trials that use an …

M Dimairo, P Pallmann, J Wason, S Todd, T Jaki… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Adaptive designs (ADs) allow pre-planned changes to an ongoing trial without
compromising the validity of conclusions and it is essential to distinguish pre-planned from …

New author guidelines for displaying data and reporting data analysis and statistical methods in experimental biology

MC Michel, TJ Murphy, HJ Motulsky - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 2020 - ASPET
The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics has revised the
Instructions to Authors for Drug Metabolism and Disposition, Journal of Pharmacology and …

Common misconceptions about data analysis and statistics

HJ Motulsky - Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental …, 2014 - ASPET
Ideally, any experienced investigator with the right tools should be able to reproduce a
finding published in a peer-reviewed biomedical science journal. In fact, however, the …

Strategies to improve drug development for sepsis

MP Fink, HS Warren - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
Sepsis, a common and potentially fatal systemic illness, is triggered by microbial infection
and often leads to impaired function of the lungs, kidneys or other vital organs. Since the …