What is an adaptive clinical trial?

Clinical Trial Design: Adaptive vs. Non-Adaptive "A clinical trial design that allows for prospectively planned alterations to one or more components of the design depending on accumulated data from subjects in that study," according to the definition of adaptive design. Such options for change are not available in non-adaptive trial design. (Sources: bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com )

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