The Agile Approach to Adaptive Research

Optimizing Efficiency in Clinical Development

Michael J Rosenberg author Sean Ekins editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:5th Mar '10

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Apply adaptive research to improve results in drug development

The pharmaceutical industry today faces a deepening crisis: inefficiency in its core business, the development of new drugs. The Agile Approach to Adaptive Research offers a solution. It outlines how adaptive research, using already-available tools and techniques, can enable the industry to streamline clinical trials and reach decision points faster and more efficiently.

With a wealth of real-world cases and examples, author Michael Rosenberg gives readers a practical overview of drug development, the problems inherent in current practices, and the advantages of adaptive research technology and methods. He explains the concepts, principles, and specific techniques of adaptive research, and demonstrates why it is an essential evolutionary step toward improving drug research and development.

Chapters explore such subjects as:

  • The adaptive concept

  • Design and operational adaptations

  • Sample-size reestimation

  • Agile clinical development

  • Safety and dose finding

  • Statistics in adaptive research, including frequentist and Bayesian approaches

  • Data management technologies

  • The future of clinical development

By combining centuries-old intellectual foundations, recent technological advances, and modern management techniques, adaptive research preserves the integrity and validity of clinical research but dramatically improves efficiency.

"This book certainly brings the relevant issues upfront." (Chemistry & Industry, June 2010)

"It is ideal for senior executives who want a strategic view of adaptive methods, managers looking for practical opportunities to significantly improve the efficiency of their operations, and statisticians interested in learning the broader ramifications of their arcane expertise." (Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices, April 2010)

"Rosenberg captures the current excitement surrounding adaptive clinical research, and provides a very readable introduction to the methodologies involved in implementing such research." (Journal for Clinical Studies, March 2010)

ISBN: 9780470247518

Dimensions: 236mm x 152mm x 23mm

Weight: 567g

304 pages