Accelerated clinical discovery using self-reported patient data collected online and a patient-matching algorithm
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- 24 April 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature Biotechnology
- Vol. 29 (5) , 411-414
Abstract
The experiences of patients who try drugs that aren't approved for their disease have the potential to be mined for insights into drug efficacy. Wicks et al. rapidly monitored the efficacy of lithium treatment for 149 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using an online data collection tool and a patient-matching algorithm.Keywords
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