Although dronedarone was not as efficacious as amiodarone in maintaining sinus rhythm, considering its lower risk of side effects, it may be reasonable to consider the use of dronedarone before initiating amiodarone.
31 However, a one year randomized trial comparing α blockade with terazosin to finasteride and placebo showed that although finasteride reduced prostate volume by 20%, it was not as efficacious as terazosin and no more efficacious than placebo in improving urinary symptoms and flow rates.
The results indicated that the sprout powders were not as efficacious as concentrated sprout extracts.
In those studies, the VP arm was not as efficacious as in other studies.
Thus, in the treatment of autoimmune arthritis, inhibiting RANKL is not as efficacious as inhibiting c-Fms.
A meta-analysis of recent research shows that psychological treatments are not as efficacious as previously thought.
These trials, organised by Merck (the vaccine's manufacturer) and the Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health (a medical charity based in Seattle), showed that although the new vaccine is not as efficacious in the poor world as it is in the rich, it is good enough to make a difference.
rFVIIa is usually given with tranexamic acid and is not as efficacious if the patient has a low fibrinogen.
Oral pamidronate may not, however, be as efficacious as the approved intravenous formulation.
By 2020, "my dream is for Duolingo to be as efficacious as a human tutor.
In TB vaccine research, the use of placebo controlled trials may be considered unethical as standard BCG vaccines (although not reliably efficacious for TB prevention) are widely used and as such could, depending on the characteristics of the study population, be provided to control groups [ 14].
