Behind the Scenes of TOPCAT - Bending to Inform.

Pfeffer, Marc A; Claggett, Brian · NEJM Evid · 2022

rct · Level II

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Abstract

Behind the Scenes of TOPCAT - Bending to InformWhen investigators in a 2013 RCT received their unblinded results, the data forced them to make a difficult decision - do they stay within conventional guidelines for data analysis or forge a new path? This Clinical Trial Case Study tells the story of how they dealt with the data dilemma for a heart failure treatment that affects millions of people.

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