noninferior

noninferior

(non″in-fēr′ē-ŏr) [ non- + inferior]
In a clinical trial, jargon for at least as good as.
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The recently presented Drug-Eluting Balloon for In-Stent Restenosis (DARE) Trial at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) annual conference has shown that treatment with SeQuent Please was noninferior to XIENCE in terms of 6-month minimal lumen diameter (MLD).
Drug-Eluting Balloon versus New-Generation Drug-Eluting Stent for the Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Formoterol was noninferior to placebo for the primary safety endpoint, defined as a first occurrence of respiratory-related death, COPD-related emergency department visit, or COPD-related hospitalization, with an estimated hazard ratio of 0.
Nebulized LABA found safe for long-term use in COPD
The new glucose-lowering medication is found to be noninferior, ie, similar, to placebo regarding cardiovascular safety if the upper bound of the two-sided 95% confidence interval for the estimated risk ratio is less than 1.
Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists
Rifamycin was noninferior to ciprofloxacin on every endpoint in this trial," Robert Steffen, MD, said at the annual Digestive Disease Week[R].
Rifamycin matches ciprofloxacin's efficacy in travelers' diarrhea with less risk of antibiotic resistance
FOR SELECTED PATIENTS with basal cell carcinoma, one-stop shopping--diagnosing, subtyping, and excising the lesion all in one visit--using reflectance confocal microscopy was found noninferior to the standard approach of obtaining a punch biopsy to diagnose and subtype the lesion in one visit and performing surgical excision in a separate visit.
Reflectance confocal microscopy offers one-stop solution for BCC
The research team concluded that in moderate doses, celecoxib was found to be noninferior to ibuprofen or naproxen with respect to cardiovascular safety.
Celecoxib scores ok on cardiac safety: a three-drug, 10-year trial found it equivalent, or "noninferior," to ibuprofen and naproxen
Four phase 3 randomized controlled trials (EORTC 55971, CHORUS, JCOG0602, and SCORPION) suggest that NACT is noninferior to PCS with regard to progression-free survival and overall survival.
Ovarian cancer
Immunogenicity was found to be noninferior with 2 doses in persons aged 9 through 14 years compared with 3 doses in a group in which clinical efficacy was demonstrated (GRADE evidence type 3).
Use of a 2-dose schedule for human papillomavirus vaccination--updated recommendations of the advisory committee on immunization practices
Mixing the RotaTeq and Rotarix rotavirus vaccines schedules resulted in noninferior immunogenicity compared with using only one vaccine schedule, found a new multicenter, open-label study, said Dr.
Mixed rotavirus vaccine schedules safe and effective
In contrast, for patients with stage IV disease, our results confirm that NACT is noninferior to PCS for survival, with fewer ICU admissions and rehospitalizations, which suggests that NACT may be preferable for patients with stage IV ovarian cancer," they wrote in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (2016.
Better survival with primary surgery in stage MIC ovarian cancer
In a head-to-head comparison with the existing approved anthrax vaccine in a gold-standard animal model, a single intranasal dose of NasoShield showed complete protection from inhalation anthrax and was noninferior to multiple doses of the existing approved anthrax vaccine, while providing for a more rapid and stable immune response, according to the company.
Fund The Clinical Development Of Nasoshield, The Company's Anthrax Vaccine Candidate
Thus, gradual cessation did not prove to be noninferior to abrupt cessation.
Cold turkey approach better for smoking cessation
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