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equivalence trial

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equivalence trial
Clinical trials A study–eg, COBALT, intended to circumvent the ethical dilemmas of comparing a new therapy to a placebo which is known to be less effective than a proven therapy, by running the new agent against a standard therapy. See Clinical trial, COBALT.


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There are expanded discussions on the relevant subjects of epistemic uncertainties, crossover designs, equivalence trials and studies, hazard functions, and the log-rank test.
The results of a randomised, controlled equivalence trial in South Africa and Viet Nam provide an effective model for delivery of services in countries where abortion is legal, but where lack of physicians and constraints on resources currently restrict women's access to safe services.
The test consisted of 120 trials, 80 symmetry trials (B1[right arrow]A1, B1[right arrow]A2, B2[right arrow]A2, B2[right arrow]A1, C1[right arrow]B1, C1[right arrow]B2, C2[right arrow]B2, C2[right arrow]B1) and 40 equivalence trials (C1[right arrow]A1, C1[right arrow]A2, C2[right arrow]A2, C2[right arrow]A1), 10 trials on each task.
 
 
 
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