Issues in data monitoring and interim analysis of trials.

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Published in Health Technol Assess on March 01, 2005

Authors

A M Grant1, D G Altman, A B Babiker, M K Campbell, F J Clemens, J H Darbyshire, D R Elbourne, S K McLeer, M K B Parmar, S J Pocock, D J Spiegelhalter, M R Sydes, A E Walker, S A Wallace, DAMOCLES study group

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1: Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, UK.

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