title: Cardiovascular clinical trials with noninferiority or equivalence designs from 2001 to 2012.
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart & Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: muthu@md.northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Muthiah
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vaduganathan
authors.affiliation: Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart & Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
authors.forename: Ravi B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samman-Tahhan
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
authors.forename: Andreas P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kalogeropoulos
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
authors.forename: Vasiliki V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Georgiopoulou
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
authors.forename: Gregg C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Fonarow
authors.affiliation: Center for Cardiovascular Innovation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States.
authors.forename: Mihai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gheorghiade
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States.
authors.forename: Javed
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Butler
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D057186:Comparative Effectiveness Research; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012107:Research Design; D018401:Sample Size; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cardiovascular; Clinical trials; Outcomes; Trial design