Sentence examples for futility test from inspiring English sources

The study includes a first interim analysis similar to a futility test to discontinue the trial, and reject vitamin D3, if no better outcome is obtained when compared to the placebo group.

Garcia's record stood as players like Garcia and Griffey left and the Mariners' futility tested patience.

The recent drug trial fiasco in London provides stark new evidence of the futility of testing new drugs for safety in animals: the six unfortunate men were reassured that TGN1412 was safe because it was safe in monkeys.

She wrote the following about the futility of testing her special education students on the Badass Teachers Association blog, and I am publishing it with permission.

Adaptive study designs offer a promising means to stop recruitment for futility in test-negative patients as soon as sufficient evidence about lack of efficacy in this subgroup is available.

Thankfully, people are increasingly recognising the cruelty and futility of animal testing.

After it appeared that Syracuse won in regulation, the five overtimes proved a true test of futility for the Huskies and of survival for the Orange.

Under the current rules, the only test of futility is that embodied by the question, 'Will this treatment result in sustained life?' If the answer is 'yes', then virtually any treatment is fair game, even if it will do nothing to revitalize the patient.

"The results suggest the futility of further clinical testing of an anti-Nogo-A monoclonal antibody for the treatment of ALS," the researchers conclude.

With respect to the futility of animal models for testing isoproterenol, scientists commented that "[i]ntensive toxicological studies with rats, guinea pigs, dogs and monkeys at dosage levels far in excess of current commercial metered dose vials have not elicited similar results" [ 89].

Educators thought he understood the need for wiser funding, as well as the futility of constant high-stakes standardized testing.