NBME 23 Answers : Block 2 : #3 = A prospective study is done to assess the relative ...

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submitted by mousie(78),

Can someone please explain this to me? I don't understand why starting the other drug would not count as exclusion criteria?

seagull This has to do with Intention-to-treat analysis. Essentially, when participants are non-adherent but the data shouldn't be lost. They just undergo another statistical model to account for their changes. Here is a nice video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kps3VzbykFQ&t=7s +6

dr.xx Where does the question mention "intention-to-treat"? +

notadoctor They seem to be pretty obsessed with "intention-to-treat" it's been asked in one way or another in all the new NBMEs that I've done. (Haven't done 24 as yet) +2

wutuwantbruv They don't, intention-to-treat is just the best way to go about it @dr.xx +

smc213 Great for ITT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kps3VzbykFQ +

yex I agree with @notadoctor !! +