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In an interview<\/a> on Biotech Nation, Gary Cupit made an offhand remark about why so many drugs list headache as a possible side-effect: clinical trial participants are often asked to abstain from coffee<\/strong> during the trial. That also explains why those who receive placebo often complain of headache as well.<\/p>\n

Cupit’s company Somnus Therapeutics makes a sleep medication for people who have no trouble going<\/em> to sleep but do have trouble staying<\/em> asleep. The medication has a timed-release so that it is active only in the middle of the night when needed. One of the criteria by which the drug is evaluated is whether there is a lingering effect the next morning. Obviously researchers would like to eliminate coffee consumption as a confounding variable. But this contributes to the litany of side-effects that announcers must mumble in television commercials.<\/p>\n

Related<\/strong>: Adaptive clinical trial design<\/a><\/p>\n

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