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Alem Matthees substantial BMJ e-letter on the PACE Trial (Jan 2015)

Tom Kindlon

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Another substantial BMJ e-letter on the UK£5 million PACE Trial, this time from Alem Matthees.

He highlights various changes to the protocol.

He also highlights how the recovery criteria are much easier than planned (and there was an error in the justification given for changing them).

http://www.bmj.com/content/350/bmj.h227/rr-16
Erica Verrillo has done a new (Jan 30) piece on this:

Australian Researcher Challenges Measures of "Recovery" in PACE Trial:
http://cfstreatment.blogspot.ie/201...challenges.html#sthash.bmmt0iZc.e2e3nZ3D.dpuf