Impact of Case Definitions on Efficacy Estimation in Clinical Trials—A Proof-of-Principle Based on Historical Examples
Efficacy estimations in clinical trials are based on case definitions. Commonly, they are a more or less complex set of conditions that have to be fulfilled in order to define a clinical case. In the simplest variant, such a case is identical with a single positive diagnostic test result. Frequently...
Main Authors: | Andreas Hahn, Hagen Frickmann, Andreas E. Zautner |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-07-01
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Series: | Antibiotics |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/9/7/379 |
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