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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 »

By David Tuller, DrPH Two weeks ago, I exchanged e-mails with Professor Roger Jones, editor of the British Journal of General Practice. I asked him to correct a false statement in an editorial about the cost of so-called medically unexplained symptoms to the National Health Service. In response, he invited me to send in “one …

Trial By Error: My Follow-Up Letter to the British Journal of General Practice Read More »

By David Tuller, DrPH On Wednesday, I sent the following to Dr Fiona Godlee, editorial director of BMJ. The topic, once again, was the ethically and methodologically challenged Lightning Process study, which was published two years ago in Archives of Disease in Childhood, a BMJ journal. My letter was prompted by the recent appearance of …

Trial By Error: A Plea to Fiona Godlee on a Familiar Topic Read More »