Efficacy dilution in randomized placebo-controlled vaginal microbicide trials
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Efficacy dilution in randomized placebo-controlled vaginal microbicide trials
BACKGROUND To date different vaginal gel microbicides have been evaluated in phase 2b/3 trials, but none have demonstrated effectiveness for preventing HIV infection. Failure to demonstrate effectiveness however does not necessarily indicate that a product is truly inefficacious, as several sources of efficacy dilution may compromise our ability to identify products that may have been truly eff...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1742-7622
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-6-5