By David Tuller, DrPH By all accounts, the recently published CODES trial was the most authoritative study to date of whether cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) was an effective treatment for…
…number of important papers, including the first formally peer-reviewed refutation of the PACE claims of recovery after the release of unpublished raw data from the trial.* [*Clarification–the PACE trial results…
…show no or minimal difference between the two groups, as happened in the PACE trial. Adherence to this study design is a deficiency in many ME/CFS trials, and the trend…
…function when the trial began—even as they were simultaneously disabled enough in physical function to quality for the trial. This anomaly—that these participants were simultaneously disabled and recovered on the…
…that salient detail, and given the chance to accept or reject the opportunity to be in the trial before undergoing treatment. In the case of the new exercise trial, the…
…the chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis or encephalopathy. BMC Neurology 7: 6. [5] Tuller D. 2015. Trial by error: the troubling case of the PACE chronic fatigue syndrome trial. Virology Blog, 21-23 Oct. Available at: https://www.virology.ws/2015/10/21/trial-by-error-i/ (accessed on 2/24/17)…
