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Actually, I can recall reading about a few double-blind medical studies that were terminated early, because of this very reason. The efficacy of the treatment w
by droffel 11y ago
Actually, I can recall reading about a few double-blind medical studies that were terminated early, because of this very reason. The efficacy of the treatment was so overwhelmingly positive in the variable group, that it was deemed unethical to not give the treatment to the control group. I don't have a citation right this second, but if you want one, I can do some searching. If anyone remembers a particular case of this happening, I would appreciate a citation.
- DanBC 11y agoCircumcision to prevent HIV infection is one example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_and_HIV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circumcision_and_HIV This strongly anti-circumcision site has some more info, but the ranting gets a bit much: http://www.circumstitions.com/HIV-SA.html http://www.circumstitions.com/HIV-SA.html