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Matched Phase II clinical trial

A matched Phase II clinical trial is a single-arm or small-controlled early-efficacy study in which treated patients are paired with matched controls — drawn from historical databases, registries, or concurrent external cohorts — on key prognostic variables such as age, disease stage, and performance status. This design allows preliminary efficacy assessment without a concurrent randomized arm, trading randomization for feasibility while partially controlling for confounding through the matching process.

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Matched Phase II Clinical Trial
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / epidemiology
  • Gehan, E. A. (1961). The determination of the number of patients required in a preliminary and a follow-up trial of a new chemotherapeutic agent. Journal of Chronic Diseases, 13(4), 346–353. · DOI 10.1016/0021-9681(61)90060-1
  • Simon, R. (1989). Optimal two-stage designs for phase II clinical trials. Controlled Clinical Trials, 10(1), 1–10. · DOI 10.1016/0197-2456(89)90015-9
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Taxonomic bucketMatched case-control studymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketMatched Cohort Studymachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketPhase II clinical trialmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyPropensity Score Matchingmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketRandomized clinical trialmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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