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Table 3 Type of adaptation stratified by phase and funder

From: Adaptive designs undertaken in clinical research: a review of registered clinical trials

Type of adaptation

Phase II

Phase II/III

Phase III

All phases

 

Private

Public

Private

Public

Private

Public

Total

GSD only

10

6

0

2

10

10

38

SSR only

1

0

0

0

4

2

7

DS

25

3

0

0

0

0

28

Dose escalation (DE)

3

2

0

0

1

0

6

Seamless

0

0

3

1

0

0

4

GSD and SSR

1

0

0

0

2

0

3

GSD and DS

13

2

0

1

4

2

22

GSD and DE

1

1

0

0

0

0

2

GSD and seamless

0

0

3

6

0

0

9

SSR and DS

4

1

0

0

0

0

5

Seamless and SSR

0

0

3

2

0

0

5

Seamless and DS

1

0

10

1

0

0

12

Interim analysis

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

Interim analysis and SSR

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

  1. DE dose escalation, DS dose selection, GSD group sequential design, SSR sample size re-estimation