Identify the patients that will derive a more pronounced benefit from a medical therapy

 Learn about the efficacy, safety and potential benefits of new medicines earlier in the development process, thus enabling development of safer, more effective drugs

 Lower costs by better planning and optimizing inclusion and exclusion criteria

 Increase the probability of success by optimizing protocols and endpoints

 

Determine stopping rules to control overall costs per compound

Shorten the length of clinical trials through improved planning