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By David Tuller, DrPH Fans of Bristol University’s team of pediatric ME/CFS researchers could be forgiven if they hoped a recent citation of one of the group’s most high-profile studies would help bolster its wobbling reputation. Yet the suggestion that the Lightning Process is an “effective” treatment for kids–highlighted in the abstract of a pediatric …

Trial By Error: My Follow-Up Follow-Up with Dr Segal about LP Study Citation Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH The recent publication of a review of pediatric “CFS/ME” that promoted the Lightning Process as “effective” has triggered renewed concern–well, ok, I’ve triggered much of that renewed concern–about the 2017 study on which this specious claim is based. That study, from an experienced team from Bristol University, was published by Archives …

Trial By Error: Re-Visiting My Questions for the Science Media Centre about Bristol’s LP Study Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH Let me say this directly: It is way past time for Archives of Disease in Childhood to consign the pediatric Lightning Process study to the trash bin. As I have pointed out repeatedly, the Bristol University investigators recruited more than half their participants before trial registration, swapped outcome measures based on …

Trial By Error: Time to Retract the LP Study; Letter to Archives of Disease in Childhood Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH On Friday, I sent the following request to the University of Bristol. I cc-d Sue Paterson, the director of legal services. I received an automatic reply alerting me that Bristol was behind in responding to FOI requests, meaning that a response is unlikely within the mandated period of twenty working days. …

Trial By Error: A Freedom of Information Request to Bristol About LP Study Read More »

Update: May 23, 2019 I received a response today from Dr Terry Segal, the senior author of the review in Current Opinion in Pediatrics that claimed the Lightning Process had been shown to be “effective.” Dr Segal was not responding to the e-mail I sent her directly last week but to one I sent yesterday …

Trial By Error: My Latest Letter on The Lightning Process Study; and an Update Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH BMJ seems to be in a state of paralysis over what to do about the Lightning Process study. The fact that this study was cited positively last month in a major review of pediatric CFS/ME (as the review called the illness) raises the stakes all around. The other day I sent …

Trial By Error: The Lightning Process Is “Effective”? Really? Read More »