{"title":"What is a run-in phase?","authors":"Andrea Cipriani, John R Geddes","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Run-in periods are frequently used when designing a clinical trial. In this paper we analysed the implications of run-in periods for interpreting the results of clinical trials and applying these results in clinical practice. Study reports should indicate in details how run-in periods were carried out.</p>","PeriodicalId":72946,"journal":{"name":"Epidemiologia e psichiatria sociale","volume":"19 1","pages":"21-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Epidemiologia e psichiatria sociale","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Run-in periods are frequently used when designing a clinical trial. In this paper we analysed the implications of run-in periods for interpreting the results of clinical trials and applying these results in clinical practice. Study reports should indicate in details how run-in periods were carried out.