Dear all,
We have a considerable problem with dropouts, if you can call them so. - A
clinical trial is being conducted where one half is treated in the
traditional way with medication and the the other half is treated by a new
surgical method. Apparently the new, surgical, method is very popular among
the patients as, after half time, almost 50% wanted to stop medication and
get surgery instead. The problem is that the medication group becomes far
too small but for ethical reasons it seems difficult to deny surgery.
Anybody experienced something like this before?
Thank you in advance
Göran Granath
Goran 'Joe' Granath, PhD Phone: +46-18-30 16 67
Ariadne Exploration AB E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Malma Ringväg 1
S-756 45 Uppsala
Sweden
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