What Is a Platform Trial ?
In clinical research , platform trials are key tools to get faster , more efficient results on the best therapeutics to treat disease . Volunteers are randomly assigned to various cohorts — either a control group where they receive a placebo , or to one of several test groups each receiving a different drug ( all designed to treat the same disease ). This means that multiple drugs are tested at the same time against one common control group , circumventing the need for separate trials for each drug requiring additional volunteers , funding and time .
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