Publications by authors named "H Earl"

Article Synopsis
  • Current treatment options are limited by the expectation that alternative therapies must be proven "non-inferior" to existing ones, making trials expensive and complex.
  • Non-inferiority trials often overlook important factors like variability in treatment outcomes and place excessive burdens of proof on alternatives, especially in terms of toxicity and cost.
  • The authors suggest moving away from labeling trials as superiority or non-inferiority, advocating instead for a simpler description of trials as "comparative" to promote better patient-centered treatment options.
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Drought limits the growth and development of L. (known as common bean). Common bean plants contain various phenylpropanoids, but it is not known whether the levels of these metabolites are altered by drought.

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PARTNER is a prospective, phase II-III, randomized controlled clinical trial that recruited patients with triple-negative breast cancer, who were germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 wild type. Here we report the results of the trial. Patients (n = 559) were randomized on a 1:1 basis to receive neoadjuvant carboplatin-paclitaxel with or without 150 mg olaparib twice daily, on days 3 to 14, of each of four cycles (gap schedule olaparib, research arm) followed by three cycles of anthracycline-based chemotherapy before surgery.

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