Pearls and perils of an implantable defibrillator trial using a common control: implications for the design of future studies

Peter J Kudenchuk and Alfred P Hallstrom

The Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, and the Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

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Trials 2008, 9:24doi:10.1186/1745-6215-9-24


Published:	2 May 2008

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Appendix. The appendix is provided as a reference for the reader with interest in how some of the calculations under discussion were derived, or for use in the design of future trials. It is divided into sections A-D as referred to in the text.

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