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Public Release Type:
Conference Presentation
Publication Year: 2019
Authors:
Parast L, Cai T, Tian L
Studies:
Diabetes Prevention Program
,
Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study
Studies investigating the effectiveness of an intervention or treatment often require long term follow-up of patients Availability of a surrogate marker would potentially allow researchers to make conclusions regarding the treatment effect with less required follow-up time and/or less cost Could enable shorter randomized clinical trials and require smaller sample sizes ? accelerate acquisition of clinical information
