Learning About the VCG Potential
Virtual Control Groups (VCGs) have the potential to unlock a game-changing new design for safety assessment studies. Although the concept of VCGs is in its early stages, significant progress has been made in this area. However, before this approach can be fully implemented, the prerequisites around responsible data collection, curation, and statistical evaluation paired with a validation strategy need to be identified to avoid compromising safety and study outcome reliability.
As we continue to the lead the pursuit of alternative methods innovation, the eventual implementation of VCGs will focus on a targeted study design with a partial replacement or hybrid approach, to reduce the number of Concurrent Control Group (CCG) animals and provide access to a curated matched control database. Since VCGs will be amenable for specific study designs, this will provide a continued updated stream to the VCG database.
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