[Orphan diseases: evaluations of new treatments].
The new treatments of orphan diseases must be assessed according to the methodologic rules of therapeutic trials, in order to ensure clinically and statistically significant evaluations: randomized controled trials, single primary end-point, statistically significant and clinically relevant efficience. Although these rules may be relaxed in orphan diseases, they have to maintain the standard of therapeutic efficiency.
Bergmann
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Service de Médecine Interne A, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2, rue Ambroise Paré, 75475 Paris 10, France. jf.bergmann@lrb.aphp.fr
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Champion
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D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D010919:Placebos; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000628:therapy*
D010919:Placebos