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ReviewNPJ systems biology and applications2025

Enhancing randomized clinical trials with digital twins.

Hossein Akbarialiabad, Amirmohammad Pasdar, Dédée F Murrell, Mehrnaz Mostafavi, Farhan Shakil, Ehsan Safaee, Sancy A Leachman, Alireza Haghighi, Michelle Tarbox, Christopher G Bunick and 1 more

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Review in NPJ systems biology and applications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Hossein AkbarialiabadUniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Amirmohammad PasdarSchool of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Dédée F MurrellDepartment of Dermatology, St George Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Mehrnaz MostafaviFaculty of Allied Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Farhan ShakilGeorge Herbert Walker School of Business & Technology, Webster University, Saint Louis, MO, USA.
Ehsan SafaeeFaculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
Sancy A LeachmanUniversity of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Alireza HaghighiDivision of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Michelle TarboxDepartment of Dermatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Christopher G BunickDepartment of Dermatology and Program in Translational Biomedicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Ayman GradaDepartment of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA. ayman.grada@case.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital twins (DTs) can transform randomized clinical trials by improving ethical standards, including safety, informed consent, equity, and data privacy. They also enhance trial efficiency by enabling early detection of adverse events and streamlined design. This paper explores the role of DTs in personalized medicine, from pre-clinical research to post-marketing, while addressing technological, legal, and ethical challenges in implementation.

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Precision MedicineRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicHumansInformed Consent

Identifiers

PMID41044102
PMCPMC12494699

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