Have clinical trials become overly complex? This paper presents a large-scale analysis of over 16,000 trials. The authors show that, over the past decade, clinical trials have become more complex. They highlight how machine learning approaches can be used to simplify and accelerate trials.
We thank Ben Howitt, Ilyass El-Mansouri, Carel Schwartzenbergt, and Olga Kotova for their contributions to this article.