Drug efficacy by direct and adjusted indirect comparison to placebo: An illustration by <it>Mycobacterium avium </it>complex prophylaxis in HIV

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Our goal was to illustrate a method for making indirect treatment comparisons in the absence of head-to-head trials, by portraying the derivation of published efficacies for prophylaxis regimens of HIV-related opportunistic infection...

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Main Authors: Freedberg Kenneth A, Sloan Caroline E, Chu Jennifer, Yazdanpanah Yazdan, Losina Elena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-03-01
Series:AIDS Research and Therapy
Online Access:http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/8/1/14