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by NeuroCoder 584 days ago
Usually we test against best current treatment and not just always against placebo. If something clearly improves outcomes for a patient, it's unethical to not give them a treatment so that you can test your new intervention against a placebo.
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I meant if A>B and B>placebo, would that not imply A>placebo?