Trial By Error: Where’s My Apology, BMJ Open?
…PACE trial one of the biggest medical scandals of the 21stcentury.) In the last year, I have written more than 20 blog posts that discuss the deficiencies of the school…
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Trial By Error: And Cochrane Makes Another Move…
…review because it uses the actual trial data from the included studies rather than relying on the published numbers. The goal of an IPD review would be to provide what…
Trial By Error: S4ME Summary for Week of January 14th
…of the ME/CFS convention. @Michiel Tack has summarized the Belgian assessment report. On the positive side, the report highlights biomedical findings and acknowledges problems with the PACE-trial, GET and the…
Trial By Error: BMJ Amends Last Week’s PACE Article
…to correct or clarify the published record. Just saying. ********** Last Wednesday, the UK Health Research Authority released a letter reviewing its analysis of the PACE trial. Members and supporters…
Trial By Error: Stupid Studies
…findings are pretty much useless in terms of providing actionable information for developing health policy or clinical recommendations, for a number of reasons. First, this isn’t a trial. It is…
Trial By Error: My Latest Letter to Bristol’s Legal Department
…Specifically, the investigators enrolled more than half the participants before trial registration and then swapped outcome measures based on these early results. Years ago, the major medical publishers all adopted…