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Assessing fragility of statistically significant findings from randomized controlled trials assessing pharmacological therapies for opioid use disorders: a systematic review

Abstract

BackgroundThe fragility index is a statistical measure of the robustness or “stability” of a statistically significant result. It has been adapted to assess the robustness of statistically significant outcomes from randomized controlled trials. By hypothetically switching some non-responders to responders, for instance, this metric measures how many individuals would need to have responded for a statistically significant finding to become …

Authors

Naji L; Dennis B; Rodrigues M; Bawor M; Hillmer A; Chawar C; Deck E; Worster A; Paul J; Thabane L

Journal

Trials, Vol. 25, No. 1,

Publisher

Springer Nature

DOI

10.1186/s13063-024-08104-x

ISSN

1468-6708