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When Is Noninferior Superior to Superior?
Link ID 5611
Title When Is Noninferior Superior to Superior?
Url http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/574253?src=rss
Description Testing against placebo (ie withholding therapy) in clinical trials is often unethical, so Dr Black explains why testing against an active comparator (another drug) means testing for "noninferiority".
Black on Cardiology
Category Articles > Cardiology
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Date May 10, 2008
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