Sat.Sep 14, 2013 - Fri.Sep 20, 2013

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Questionable Enrollment Math(s) - the Authors Respond

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The authors of the study I blogged about on Monday were kind enough to post a lengthy comment, responding in part to some of the issues I raised. I thought their response was interesting, and so reprint it in its entirety below, interjecting my own reactions as well. There were a number of points you made in your blog and the title of questionable maths was what caught our eye and so we reply on facts and provide context.

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Questionable Enrollment Math at the UK's NIHR

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There has been considerable noise coming out of the UK lately about successes in clinical trial enrollment. First, a couple months ago came the rather dramatic announcement that clinical trial participation in the UK had " tripled over the last 6 years ". That announcement, by the chief executive of the Sweet creature of bombast: is Sir John writing press releases for the NIHR?