EARLY STOPPING at Medical Glossary

What is it? 1. A condition or provision incorporated into the design of a clinical trial that enables investigators to terminate patient recruitment or treatment if data accumulated during the trial strongly indicate an adverse or beneficial treatment effect. 2. A te

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