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Optimizing the ongoing search for new treatments for Parkinson disease

Using futility designs

B. C. Tilley, Y. Y. Palesch, K. Kieburtz, B. Ravina, P. Huang, J. J. Elm, K. Shannon, G. F. Wooten, C. M. Tanner, G. C. Goetz
First published March 13, 2006, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000201251.33253.fb
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Optimizing the ongoing search for new treatments for Parkinson disease
Using futility designs
B. C. Tilley, Y. Y. Palesch, K. Kieburtz, B. Ravina, P. Huang, J. J. Elm, K. Shannon, G. F. Wooten, C. M. Tanner, G. C. Goetz
Neurology Mar 2006, 66 (5) 628-633; DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000201251.33253.fb

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vol. 66 no. 5 628-633
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000201251.33253.fb
PubMed: 
16534099

Published By: 
Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology
Print ISSN: 
0028-3878
Online ISSN: 
1526-632X
History: 
  • First Published March 13, 2006.

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© 2006

Author Disclosures

    1. B. C. Tilley, PhD,
    2. Y. Y. Palesch, PhD,
    3. K. Kieburtz, MD,
    4. B. Ravina, MD,
    5. P. Huang, PhD,
    6. J. J. Elm, MA,
    7. K. Shannon, MD,
    8. G. F. Wooten, MD,
    9. C. M. Tanner, MD, PhD,
    10. G. C. Goetz, MD and
    11. on behalf of the NET-PD Investigators*
  1. B. C. Tilley, PhD,
  2. Y. Y. Palesch, PhD,
  3. K. Kieburtz, MD,
  4. B. Ravina, MD,
  5. P. Huang, PhD,
  6. J. J. Elm, MA,
  7. K. Shannon, MD,
  8. G. F. Wooten, MD,
  9. C. M. Tanner, MD, PhD,
  10. G. C. Goetz, MD and
  11. on behalf of the NET-PD Investigators*
  1. From the Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology (B.C.T., Y.Y.P., P.H., J.J.E.), Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston; Department of Neurology (K.K.), University of Rochester, NY; NINDS (B.R.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Department of Neurological Sciences (K.S., G.C.G.), Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Neurology (G.F.W.), University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville; and The Parkinson’s Institute (C.M.T.), Sunnyvale, CA.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Barbara C. Tilley, Department of Biostatistics, Bioinformatics & Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina, P.O. Box 250835, 135 Cannon Street, Suite 303, Charleston, SC 29425; e-mail: tilleybc{at}musc.edu
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