Pooling Different Placebos as a Control Group in a Randomized Platform Trial: Benefits and Challenges From Experience in the ACTIV-2 COVID-19 Trial

By sjmartinez • August 31, 2023

Moser CB, Chew KW, Ritz J, Newell M, Javan AC, Eron JJ, Daar ES, Wohl DA, Currier JS, Smith DM, Hughes MD; ACTIV-2/A5401 Study Team. Pooling Different Placebos as a Control Group in a Randomized Platform Trial: Benefits and Challenges From Experience in the ACTIV-2 COVID-19 Trial. J Infect Dis. 2023 Aug 31;228(Supplement_2):S92-S100. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiad209. PMID: 37650234.

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