Figure.
Proposed research schema to advance precision medicine pharmacotherapy in acute respiratory distress syndrome
*Phase 2 and 3 trials might use a platform design if multiple candidate therapies are deemed ready for testing and amenable to a platform. Other trial designs might also be considered. The number of simultaneous arms need not be constant and might depend on resources, enrolment rate, and number and priority of candidate treatments, among other factors. †Biomarker signatures are denoted by coloured arrows.