Clinical Trial Design Issues and Options for the Study of Rare Diseases

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Issues• 2 chances to receive the active agent.• Study takes at least twice as long.• Efficiency depends upon response rate of thosereceiving placebo (placebo effect)• Savings in sample size since all patients areused once and some are used twice.

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<strong>Issues</strong>• 2 chances to receive <strong>the</strong> active agent.• <strong>Study</strong> takes at least twice as long.• Efficiency depends upon response rate <strong>of</strong> thosereceiving placebo (placebo effect)• Savings in sample size since all patients areused once <strong>and</strong> some are used twice.

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