#Trials

William Davison

wdavison10

THREADUse of lethal force, internet shutdown, opposition leaders arrestedThose govt methods to combat Oromia protests - which involved murders of local minorities and destruction of property - have more in

Tim Morris

tmorris_mrc

This is a great point. People sometimes introduce trials as 'easy' because in the simplest cases they permit causal inference with very simple analyses. This is never true in observational

NellyBells

nellybelllls

The FDA is (rightly) requiring SIX MONTHS of safety follow up for 3000 subjects before any COVID-19 vaccine can even get an EUA (Emergency Use Authorization), let alone a full

Andy Elders

AndyElders

THREAD: Some big developments on Jury Sentencing. That's SB 5007/HB 5084, to allow the accused to have a jury trial without jury sentencing. This is an important reform because some

Ben Magelsen 🇺🇸

benmagelsen

Since big pharma has been unblinding and vaxing placebo groups, what can they glean from trials without controls? Are the continuing trials mostly for show? After a little digging and

The Lancet

TheLancet

NEW Research—No evidence of benefit for #chloroquine and #hydroxychloroquine in #COVID19 patients, urgent randomised trials are needed: finding from a large observational study of nearly 15,000 patients with #COVID19 &

Marion Campbell

MarionKCampbell

Some reflections on the crucial role of trial data monitoring committees (#DMCs) at this time when we try to find out, via clinical trials, which treatments are effective for the

Natalie E. Dean, PhD

nataliexdean

Hey friends! I wrote my first newspaper article.In this perspective piece, I talk about the importance of randomized clinical trials even in the most challenging settings (like pandemics!). And

Robert Centor

medrants

1/#UncleBob enters troubled waters for #5goodminutes Yesterday, my twitter feed exploded with the “religion” of RCTs. If not an RCT, then we have not useful data. But RCTs have their

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LogPowerslave

I think Trials stands as a great example of why you can't functionally design a game mode solely for a subset of a community.That's not to say top tier pvp

Giovanni Ferreira

giovanni_ef

A new systematic review showing the superiority of motor control exercises for low back pain has just come out, and I thought I would highlight some aspects of this review

John Mashey

JohnMashey

h1/ Trump needs COVID Conqueror PR scheme for reelection:Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for masses, avoid controlled clinical trials. Most people have mild cases or recover anyway, but many who take HCQ will

Dr Gaetan Burgio, MD, PhD.

GaetanBurgio

These are fair & important concerns regarding the observational study published in @TheLancet last week on 90,000 #COVID19 patients treated with #HydroxyChloroquine showing no efficacy for #COVID19. More transparency is

Lucia Lorenzi, PhD

empathywarrior

I don't claim to have extensive knowledge of the clinical trial process, but it's so disheartening to see the dismissal of the time it takes for off-label approval of drugs

COVID Perspective

covidperspectiv

In the USA, an unusual situation has emerged where the President is promoting the benefits of a drug called Hydroxychloroquine for therapeutic treatment of COVID19, even while many doctors caution

Claire Berlinski.

ClaireBerlinski

I'd recommend everyone chill out about Trump promoting chloroquine. Strictly speaking, he shouldn't, I agree. It hasn't been clearly proven beneficial in randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind studies; it causes nitwits to