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Innovative methodology for small populations research

HEALTH.2013.4.2-3 identifies a need for new or improved statistical methodology for clinical trials for the efficient assessment of safety and/or efficacy of treatment for small population groups. The InSPiRe project team brings together a team of international experts in innovative clinical trial design methodology in these specific areas along with key stakeholders including regulatory authorities, clinicians, industry and representatives of patient groups. We will focus on four specific areas where we believe there are particular challenges. These are (i) early phase dose-finding studies in small populations, (ii) decision-theoretic methods for clinical trials in small populations, (iii) confirmatory trials in small populations and personalised medicines, (iv) use of evidence synthesis in the planning and interpretation of clinical trials in small populations and rare diseases.

We will build on recent research advances, of our won and of others in this area. In the rare disease setting, we will focus on Bayesian and decision-theoretic methods that formally enable comparison of the gain in information with the cost, both in economic and opportunity terms, of clinical experimentation, and assess how information from outside the trial can formally be incorporated into the design and decision-making processes. In the personalised medicine setting, we will develop methods that allow evaluation of efficacy in a number of sub-0populaitons simultaneously in a confirmatory clinical trial without any reduction in scientific or statistical rigour.

 

Professor Nigel Stallard

    nigel_stallard_2011_01.jpgNigel Stallard. The Project co-ordinator and lead on WP2,WP5. Head of Statistics and Epidemiology, part of the Division of Health Sciences, Warwick Medical School. Warwick Univeristy

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    Stephanie Smart
    Tel: +44 (0)24761 50493
    Email: S.J.Smart@warwick.ac.uk

     

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