Why you should be pleased we run trials on nudges, even if you don't like nudges (or trials)

Last year, we ran a randomized controlled trial working with frontline workers in the homelessness sector, which aimed to ...
ascopubs.org

Effect of an Invitation or the Effect of Participation: What Should Randomized Controlled Trials of Cancer Screening Examine?

Personalized Chemotherapy on the Basis of Tumor Marker Decline in Poor-Prognosis Germ-Cell Tumors: Updated Analysis of the GETUG-13 Phase III Trial Earlier detection of cancer offers an opportunity to ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Randomized, Controlled Trial of the FGF21 Analogue Pegozafermin in NASH

Pegozafermin is a long-acting glycopegylated (pegylated with the use of site-specific glycosyltransferases) fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) analogue in development for the treatment of ...
STAT

Keeping pregnant participants out of medical research is more dangerous than including them

“Well, we don’t have as much evidence as we would like on steroid use during pregnancy,” the obstetrician warned my co-author, Natalia Emanuel, as she wrote a prescription for inhaled corticosteroids ...
Healthline

Types of Medical Studies: Your Guide

Medical research shapes healthcare every day, but not all studies are created equal. Knowing the differences can help you feel more confident reading health information online and understanding what ...
The New York Times

When a Vaccine Safety Trial Becomes Unethical

New vaccines are often evaluated in trials in which some participants receive a placebo. But not all studies can be designed this way. By Teddy Rosenbluth The Department of Health and Human Services ...