Efficacy calculation in clinical trial

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Published: Jun 30, 2015
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29387/ms.2015.3.2.204-207
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Attributive risk percentage clinical trial efficacy epidemiology

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Ram Lakhan
Jackson State University, 350 West Woodrow Wilson drive, Jackson Medical Mall, Suite # 320, Jackson, MS 39213, USA

Abstract

Efficacy is the response of a drug or intervention in an ideal and control condition against the disease or condition. It is very important for medical and public health professionals to understand the efficacy and the process of calculating it especially when they involve in drug trials, clinical practice, and epidemiological research. This paper briefly discusses the term efficacy and the epidemiological process of its calculation.

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Lakhan, R. (2015). Efficacy calculation in clinical trial. Medical Science, 3(2), 204-207. https://doi.org/10.29387/ms.2015.3.2.204-207
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Vol. 3 No. 2: Open Access
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Short Communications
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Author Biography

Ram Lakhan, Jackson State University, 350 West Woodrow Wilson drive, Jackson Medical Mall, Suite # 320, Jackson, MS 39213, USA

B.M.R., M.S., Doctoral Candidate in Epidemiology, School of Health Sciences