The Cytel Blog: Perspectives on Enquiry & Evidence

During the design of a clinical trial, many biotechs want to substantially reduce the risk of a good new therapy being..

With the cloud computing power that we have today, we can run simulation of 1000s of designs with each design..

“We found an optimal design in hours that might have taken months to find using standard methods,” reflected Fabien..

Earlier this year, Cytel founder Cyrus Mehta observed that clinical trial design is often treated like an art rather..

For decades, statisticians have cultivated methods to optimize and de-risk clinical trials for strong regulatory..

Medical researchers and public health experts are becoming more reliant on meta-analyses to capture in summary form,..

Suppose a statistician were to tell a clinical trial sponsor that it was possible to improve the power of the sponsor’s..

Clinical trial sponsors are more likely than ever to use the power of simulation and forecasting to evaluate the..

When is a study design considered to be optimal? A good design performs well not only under the ideal target scenario..