[Meta] the STEP rule is doing its job and people should stop complaining
FLOW. That is the whole post, but I will justify it. Everything else people worry about in c/coa is downstream of it. Titration speed, muscle cramps, the endless dose arguments — most of it resolves if you sort FLOW out first, and almost nobody does. I say this having got it wrong for 14 months. My hs-CRP was the…
Removed a chain here. The rule is one line long and it is not negotiable.
phase 2 is not phase 3, smaller n and shorter trial
SURMOUNT-4 discontinuation arm showed regain. That is the reality of a chronic disease treatment, not a failure.
the 23 week readout is different from the 8 week readout
the 5 week readout is different from the 7 week readout
off-label use data is different from approved-indication data
This is correct. Discontinuation arms show the regain reality.
give the trial name, phase, n, and primary endpoint in the body
the relative risk reduction in headlines is not the whole story