Patent ID: 6450954
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of determining if a patient qualifies to be randomized toa treatment option, the method comprising: receiving data fur a patient experiencing symptoms of the type that are amenable to being treated by either of two treatment options including a first treatment option having a first time-to-treatment and at second treatment option having a second time-to-treatment that is greater than the first time to treatment by a given delay time, the second treatment option estimated to be more effective than the first treatment option; using the received data to compute for the first treatment option at the first time-to-treatment a benefit value, using the received data and the computed benefit value associated with the first treatment option to compute for the second treatment option a allowable delay time during which a second benefit value for the second treatment option is no less than the first benefit value; and producing randomization information to indicate whether or not the patient qualifies to be randomized to one of the two treatment options based on the computed allowable delay time.