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A Clinical Trial Assessing the Safety, Efficacy, and Delivery of Olive-Oil-Based Three-Chamber Bags for Parenteral Nutrition
Published on: September 20, 2019
Non-inferiority trials
Priya Ranganathan1, C S Pramesh2, Rakesh Aggarwal3
1Department of Anaesthesiology, Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Abstract:
Studies sometimes aim to show that a new intervention is not substantially worse than the existing standard of care while offering some benefits, for example, lower cost, decreased toxicity, or easier administration. Such studies are called non-inferiority (NI) trials. In this article, we look at some aspects of NI trials.
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