Controlling Ebola Trials.

The author comments on the article "Selecting the Right Tool for the Job," by A. L. Chaplan, C. Plunkett and B. Levin published within the issue, which looked into the question regarding experimental interventions for Ebola virus disease (EVD). Topics mentioned include the growing concern on the lack of effective therapeutic agents against EVD, the authors' proposed adaptive trial design that has no concurrent control group, and the options available for policymakers for fighting the disease.