considering equivalence and non-inferiority<\/a>. Add to those ideas the cost of intervention, the cost of more research (both doing it, and the ‘cost’ of not studying other stuff), then you can get to the answer. Then you’d know exactly when enough is enough.<\/p>\n– Archi<\/p>\n
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