Medical research: Trial unpredictability yields predictable therapy gains.
review · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/500395a and PMC identifier 3819120.
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Abstract
In decades of clinical-trial data, new treatments are better than standard ones just over half the time. That's as it should be, say <b>Benjamin Djulbegovic</b> and colleagues.
Medical subject headings
- Biomedical Research
- Comparative Effectiveness Research
- Drug Discovery
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Therapeutic Equipoise