Recent Publications

ISCTM Working Group manuscripts published recently:

Innovative Technologies Working Group:
Current and emerging technologies to address the placebo response challenge in CNS clinical trials: Promise, pitfalls, and pathways forward

Orphan Disease Working Group:
Ensuring stakeholder feedback in the design and conduct of clinical trials for rare diseases: ISCTM position paper of the orphan disease working group

Algorithms and Flags Workging Group:
Consistency checks to improve measurement with the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS)

Innovative Technologies Working Group:
Innovative Technologies in CNS Trials: Promises and pitfalls for recruitment, retention, and representativeness

Joint ISCTM/ECNP COVID-19 CNS Clinical Trial Methodologies Blueprint Working Group:
Conducting CNS trials during a public health emergency – Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic: A joint ISCTM/ECNP working group consensus paper

Assessment Methods and Endpoints for Rapid-Acting Antidepressants-RAADs Working Group:
Recommendations for Selection and Adaptation of Rating Scales for Clinical Studies of Rapid-acting Antidepressants

Estimands and Missing Data Working Group:
Defining Clinical Trial Estimands: A Practical Guide for Study Teams with Examples Based on a Psychiatric Disorder

Orphan Disease Working Group and 2020 Session Speakers:
Three Sets of Expanded Proceedings from the ISCTM Autumn Conference on Pediatric Drug Development

Negative Symptoms Working Group:
Remote Assessment of Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

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