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Stopping randomized trials early for benefit and estimation of treatment effects : systematic review and meta-regression analysis
Journal
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
Volume
303
Number
12
Pages
1180-7
Abstract
Theory and simulation suggest that randomized controlled trials (RCTs) stopped early for benefit (truncated RCTs) systematically overestimate treatment effects for the outcome that precipitated early stopping.