Posts Tagged ‘number needed to treat’

January 26th, 2012

Sizing Up Clinical Trials — Quickly and Intuitively

A pharmaceutical sales rep comes to your office bringing lunch. He shows you a graphic stating that Multaq (dronedarone) reduced the primary endpoint in the ATHENA trial by 24%. The fine print shows an impressive P value: <0.0001. You come away satisfied that this drug looks good. You may not realize it, but you also […]