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Table 3 Barriers and solutions after completion of study

From: Clinical development innovation in rare diseases: overcoming barriers to successful delivery of a randomised clinical trial in alkaptonuria—a mini-review

Barrier

How addressed

Timely data analysis

Efficient CRO and statistical support

Assessing study results

Seasoned experts from Sobi and efficient consortium including clinical experts

Dissemination

High profile publication prepared within 6 months of completion of data analysis

Regulatory approvals

Sobi undertook production of documents and communications with the European Medicines Agency

Further dissemination

More than 10 publications have already ensued from study

Patient access to study drug nitisinone

Sobi, Lead coordinator and AKU Society UK have achieved near Pan-European National HTA approvals of study drug