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Adaptive Randomization Designs, Jenna Colavincenzo
Adaptive Randomization Designs, Jenna Colavincenzo
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Adaptive design methodologies use prior information to develop a clinical trial design. The goal of an adaptive design is to maintain the integrity and validity of the study while giving the researcher flexibility in identifying the optimal treatment. An example of an adaptive design can be seen in a basic pharmaceutical trial. There are three phases of the overall trial to compare treatments and experimenters use the information from the previous phase to make changes to the subsequent phase before it begins.
Adaptive design methods have been in practice since the 1970s, but have become increasingly complex ever since. One …