[longfingers]

Having a control group in a life saving intervention study is a major ethical dilemma that isn't as simple as they would die if not in the study.. There's a lot of information about study ethics and it is more complex a subject than you imply.

[_heimdall]

Is it in this case though? The study, and the related article, states that there is currently no approved treatment for the population. What is the harm in following a control group that would otherwise still go untreated?