Echoes of PACE-gate in highly-publicised low-carb study

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More developments from that low-carb study a few weeks back: The authors are now saying they had 2/3 of the data (on 50 percent of the study participants) before making their decision to change their primary end point. Hmm<a href="https://t.co/kee5x2UuhY">https://t.co/kee5x2UuhY</a><br><br>Story: <a href="https://t.co/6ejWsL4xar">https://t.co/6ejWsL4xar</a></p>&mdash; Julia Belluz (@juliaoftoronto) <a href="https://twitter.com/user/status/1069950256547328002
">December 4, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Author clarification to paper: https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4583/rr-18

I wonder how often this stuff goes on in trials...

 

Often.

 

Respons from the authors are refreshingly non-pace like though