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. 2020 Sep 2;11:540187. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2020.540187

Table 2.

Trials design data.

Study Type Number Percentage
Interventional Total 943 100%
Number of Arms
 1 161 17.1%
 2 622 66.0%
 3 83 8.8%
 4 47 5.0%
 > 4 29 3.1%
 NA 1 0.1%
Allocation
 Randomized 720 76.4%
 Non-Randomized 78 8.3%
 NA 145 15.4%
Intervention Model
 Single Group Assignment 160 17.0%
 Parallel Assignment 717 76.0%
 Sequential Assignment 33 3.5%
 Factorial Assignment 12 1.3%
 Crossover Assignment 21 2.2%
Masking (Blinding)
 Open Label 530 56.2%
 Single 102 10.8%
 Double 109 11.6%
 Triple 66 7.0%
 Quadruple 136 14.4%
Primary Purpose
 Treatment 714 75.7%
 Prevention 124 13.1%
 Others 105 11.1%
Phases
 Early Phase 1 18 1.9%
 Phase 1 47 5.0%
 Phase 1|Phase 2 54 5.7%
 Phase 2 265 28.1%
 Phase 2|Phase 3 76 8.1%
 Phase 3 174 18.5%
 Phase 4 56 5.9%
 NA 253 26.8%
Observational Total 600 100%
Observational Model
 Case-Only 52 8.7%
 Case-Control 74 12.3%
 Cohort 376 62.7%
 Other 98 16.3%
Time Perspective
 Retrospective 100 16.7%
 Prospective 377 62.8%
 Cross-Sectional 67 11.2%
 Other 56 9.3%
Diagnostic Test Total 145 100%
Imaging exams 32 22.1%
nucleic acid detection 36 24.8%
IgM/IgG 15 10.3%
Other 62 42.8%

NA, Not available.