Determining Optimal Therapy — Randomized Trials in Individual Patients

Authors:
  • GGGordon Guyatt
    Gordon Guyatt
  • DSDavid Sackett
    David Sackett
  • DTD. Wayne Taylor
    D. Wayne Taylor
  • JGJohn Ghong
    John Ghong
  • RRRobin Roberts
    Robin Roberts
  • SPStewart Pugsley
    Stewart Pugsley
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Abstract
Although the treatment of an individual patient in routine clinical practice has been likened to an experiment, the method is so susceptible to bias that we have come to demand multi-patient, double-blind, randomized controlled trials on matters of efficacy. Unfortunately, such trials have not or cannot be carried out for many clinical disorders; even when they have been executed their results may be difficult to extrapolate to individual patients.

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