Do feasibility studies contribute to, or avoid, waste in research?

In the context of avoiding research waste, the conduct of a feasibility study before a clinical trial should reduce the risk that further resources will be committed to a trial that is likely to 'fail'. However, there is little evidence indicating whether feasibility studies add to or redu...

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Main Authors: Ben Morgan, Jennie Hejdenberg, Saba Hinrichs-Krapels, David Armstrong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5912740?pdf=render