How to do it. Organise a multicentre trial.
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(a) larger sample size so that the result is more precise, appropriate subgroup analysis is more feasible, and there is a lower risk of an apparently "negative" result when the treatment is, in truth, effective; (b) quicker results before people lose scientific and commercial interest in the treatment and before it is modified or the theoretical indications for it are changed; (c) wider dissemination of the results and, possibly,
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 300 6718 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1990