Recommendations for planning pilot studies in clinical and translational research.

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Published in Clin Transl Sci on October 01, 2011

Authors

Charity G Moore1, Rickey E Carter, Paul J Nietert, Paul W Stewart

Author Affiliations

1: University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. moorecg@upmc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

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Premenstrual Syndrome Etiology Pilot Study (PMSe-Pilot) | NCT03862469

Treatment of Depression Using a Mobile Application in the Dominican Republic | NCT04948996

Adopting Dyad-focused Strategy Training to Stroke Survivors and Their Caregivers | NCT05185271

Pilot Testing of tDCS and Metacognitive Strategy Training in Stroke | NCT05248178

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