Abstract
The special interest group on Reconciling Subject Differences was centered around the issue that the results from randomized clinical trials do not predict response to therapies in clinical practice, and around the hypothesis that this might be explained by differences in subjects selected for clinical trials compared to those treated in routine practice.
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MedicineClinical trialClinical PracticeSubject (documents)Randomized controlled trialMEDLINEPhysical therapyFamily medicineInternal medicine
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- Year
- 2005
- Type
- article
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2475-6
- Citations
- 6
- Access
- Closed
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Kimme L Hyrich,
Deborah Symmons,
Alan J. Silman
(2005).
Reconciling subject differences in recruitment to clinical trials and clinical practice..
PubMed
, 32
(12)
, 2475-6.