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. 2017 Mar 9;12:39. doi: 10.1186/s13018-017-0534-y

Table 13.

Number of publications for each study type and phase

Category No. of studies (total 28) References
Phases of clinical studies
 Pilot/feasibility study incl. case report 15 (54%) [104108, 118, 119, 122, 124129, 133]
 Phase 1 (safety assessment) 8 (26%) [109112, 116, 123, 130, 131]
 Phase 2 (efficacy assessment) 8 (26%) [103, 113115, 117, 120, 121, 132]
 Phase 3 (large scale efficacy assessment through a multi-centre RCT) 0 (0%)
 Phase 4 (post-market surveillance) 0 (0%)