Single-arm Trials with Historical Controls

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BACKGROUND: Regulatory agencies now recognize single-arm trials with external historical controls, particularly common in oncology, to assess promising treatments for rare or specific indications. When a new treatment indication depends on events over time, such as treatment failures, this design can introduce time-related biases in comparisons with external controls. METHODS: We describe two potential biases...

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