Trial By Error: Waiting for Godlee
…prospective trial registration and biased its findings by swapping outcome measures half-way through. In both cases, the editors have failed to respond adequately and with an appropriate sense of urgency….
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Trial By Error: Carol Monaghan Scores Another Parliamentary Debate
…first two debates were held in February and June. In these initial forays, Monaghan focused on the PACE trial, among other issues. In doing so, she provided the single most…
Trial By Error: A Bit More About Bristol’s Investigation
…that I reject that characterization of my work. Regarding the Lightning Process study, I have documented that the trial was not in fact prospectively registered, given that more than half…
Trial By Error: My Most Recent Exchange with Bristol
…their paper on the pediatric Lightning Process trial that they had recruited participants before registration and engaged in mid-study outcome-swapping? And can anyone produce consent forms for the 100+ in-person…
Trial By Error: New Biopsychosocial Study of Fatigue in HIV Patients
…boom-and-bust activity patterns. If they’re fearful of exertion, why are they ever booming?) By way of background, Professor Chalder was a lead investigator of the PACE trial, which was billed…
Trial By Error: BMJ Responds to Appeals About Norway’s CBT-Music Therapy Study
…in what I guess one could call “trial-status-downgrading”–that is, presenting a fully powered trial that failed to meet expectations as if it were a feasibility study designed to provide data…