There are several types of clinical trial designs: randomised or non-randomised controlled trials, single or double blinded trials, and superiority or non-inferiority trials.
There are several new research areas driving personalised medicine forward, such as molecular genetics, epigenetics, pharmacogenetics, and the development of biomarkers and biomedicines.
The term 'personalised medicine' includes both stratification and personalisation, which are often incorrectly used as synonyms. However, the two are different, as explained further below.
