When enough is enough: How to determine when the evidence for the effectiveness of a treatment is sufficient?

Alessio Bricca; Hans Lund; Ewa M. Roos; Carsten B. Juhl

doi:10.1016/j.joca.2019.06.003

When enough is enough: How to determine when the evidence for the effectiveness of a treatment is sufficient?

Alessio Bricca^* (Corresponding Author), Hans Lund, Ewa M. Roos, Carsten B. Juhl

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Abstract

The over-replication of trials is unethical, expensive and potentially harmful to patients.
The concept of replication in research is widely accepted in most disciplines¹; however, there is no consensus about when the evidence is sufficient to confidently state that a treatment works.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1253-1256
Number of pages	4
Journal	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Volume	27
Issue number	9
Early online date	15 Jun 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.06.003
Publication status	Published - Sept 2019

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