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Comment by eilertokyo

3 years ago

Your comment makes something that happens quite rarely (1-5% based on agent, and not quickly) seem like it happens quite frequently.

Some of these trials had double digit percentage deaths within 30 days.

  • Because the trials sometimes take on people with very little time left.

    • That’s the estimate for number of people killed by the treatment not the number of people who died in total.

      You should be careful not to exclude trials cancelled early when considering how risky trials are.