Creative trial design in RA: optimizing patient outcomes.

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Published in Nat Rev Rheumatol on February 05, 2013

Authors

Maya H Buch1, Sue Pavitt, Mahesh Parmar, Paul Emery

Author Affiliations

1: NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Division of Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Chapeltown Road, Leeds LS7 4SA, UK. m.buch@leeds.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

I-SPY 2 TRIAL: Neoadjuvant and Personalized Adaptive Novel Agents to Treat Breast Cancer (I-SPY 2) | NCT01042379

Pemetrexed Disodium or Erlotinib Hydrochloride as Second-Line Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (MARVEL) | NCT00738881

SWITCH Clinical Trial for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Have Failed an Initial TNF-blocking Drug. (SWITCH) | NCT01295151

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