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Case 28: Stopping a Clinical Study

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Abstract

We started a prospective study entitled:

“A comparison of open versus laparoscopic gastric bypass operations in morbidly obese patients.”

The same surgeon was doing both open and laparoscopic surgeries, and the anesthetic technique was the same. After 20 patients, it became apparent that the patients who had the laparoscopic bypass procedure did much better postoperatively. This group had a shorter time to discharge from the recovery room, to take clear liquids, and a shorter hospital stay. There was also improved patient satisfaction and of course reduced hospital cost.

What would you do in this circumstance? Stop the trial or carry on?

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    John G. Brock-Utne (Professor)

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Brock-Utne, J.G. (2015). Case 28: Stopping a Clinical Study. In: Clinical Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2516-2_28

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