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Erschienen in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences 4/2019

04.03.2019 | Review

Design and Endpoints of Clinical Trials, Current and Future

verfasst von: Morris Sherman

Erschienen in: Digestive Diseases and Sciences | Ausgabe 4/2019

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Abstract

With the advent of several new systemic agents for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma and the prospect of more to come it is expected that many more clinical trials will be undertaken to establish the best treatment paradigm(s). In order to help develop the most efficient and most relevant clinical trials this review concentrates on endpoints that have been used in the past. Survival is the gold standard. None of the surrogate endpoints correspond completely with survival. In addition, alternative clinical trial designs are presented that may be more efficient than the usual phase I, II, and III clinical trial strategy that has been used in the past.
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Metadaten
Titel
Design and Endpoints of Clinical Trials, Current and Future
verfasst von
Morris Sherman
Publikationsdatum
04.03.2019
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Digestive Diseases and Sciences / Ausgabe 4/2019
Print ISSN: 0163-2116
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-2568
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-019-05541-6

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