3 ms·
Is it even possible in today's evidence based framework to consider a treatment that only works for a single patient? I think you'd need at least an entire clas
by phreeza 6y ago
Is it even possible in today's evidence based framework to consider a treatment that only works for a single patient? I think you'd need at least an entire class of such treatments applying to a group of patients to do any kind of RCT or similar study.
- eru 6y agoWell, if RCT is your only standard of evidence, then you need multiple people almost by definition. But it's not the only standard of evidence used. Famously, there has never been an RCT for parachutes. (Until recently that is, see https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2019/02/breakthrough-research-reveals-parachutes-dont-prevent-death-when-jumping-from-a-plane/ https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2019/02/breakthrough-resea... )