The agile approach to adaptive research : optimizing efficiency in clinical development

This book helps pharmaceutical and medical researchers better understand, design, and manage clinical trials through its industry-specific viewpoint that shows how adaptive research technology and methods benefit the drug industry. It gives readers a practical overview of drug development and advocates adaptive design approaches that allow modifications to on-going trials and improve the efficiency of trial design and the probability of success while preserving the integrity and validity of the research. This is an eye-opening reference for pharmaceutical scientists, medical researchers, and others involved in drug development.