A drug is effective if better than a harmless control

Nature. 2005 Apr 28;434(7037):1067. doi: 10.1038/4341067a.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic / methods*
  • Controlled Clinical Trials as Topic / standards
  • Female
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • HIV Infections / prevention & control*
  • HIV Infections / transmission*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / prevention & control*
  • Labor, Obstetric
  • Nevirapine / administration & dosage
  • Nevirapine / therapeutic use*
  • Placebos
  • Pregnancy
  • Zidovudine / administration & dosage
  • Zidovudine / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Placebos
  • Zidovudine
  • Nevirapine