Noninferiority trials

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Noninferiority trials are intended to show that the effect of a new treatment is not worse than that of an active control by more than a specified margin. These trials have a number of inherent weaknesses that superiority trials do not: no internal demonstration...

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Main Author: Snapinn Steven M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2000-07-01
Series:Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Online Access:http://cvm.controlled-trials.com/content/1/1/019