"Parallel Track"

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"Parallel Track"

New York Times (12/20/89), P. A26
Braff, Jeffrey

Abstract: A front-page New York Times story on clinical trials of DDI (Nov. 21) prematurely condemned to failure a new parallel-track testing procedure, writes Jeffrey Braff, executive director of the Gay Men's Health Crisis. It is too early to tell whether or not making the drug available to people outside of the trials as the trials progress will have an adverse affect on the studies and the collection of data, writes Braff. Despite the troubles of other trials, the National Institutes of Health has not had difficulty recruiting participants for DDI, notes Braff. The parallel track program, Braff says, may prove to be an effective way to gather data only available in clinical trials while simultaneously slowing disease progression for other outside the trials. Braff concludes that any program with the potential to save lives is entitled to an opportunity and should not be judged until the results are completely reported.

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