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AI Clinical-Trial Placebo Justification: Drafting Equipoise Narratives
AI can draft equipoise narratives for placebo-controlled trials, but the ethical equipoise judgment belongs to the IRB and DSMB.
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- 1The premise
- 2clinical equipoise
- 3placebo control
- 4Declaration of Helsinki
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Section 1
The premise
AI can draft equipoise narratives covering current standard of care, evidence gaps, and rescue-medication plans for IRB submission.
What AI does well here
- Map the evidence base for and against current standard of care.
- Draft rescue-medication and stopping-rule language for the protocol.
What AI cannot do
- Decide whether equipoise exists.
- Replace IRB or DSMB judgment.
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