Sentence examples for questionable efficacy from inspiring English sources

SPEAKING of the problem of extended joblessness, here's an interesting take on the somewhat questionable efficacy of job retraining programmes.

Despite its side effects and questionable efficacy, the medicine would be widely used to treat syphilis until the development of penicillin in the early 1940s.

But Mr. Klein stumbled along the way, as when he adopted a reading curriculum of questionable efficacy early in his tenure only to reverse course after it did not produce good results.

Is the information in this test going to help in the decision-making process?' " In many cases, there is little evidence that the routine use of scans helps physicians make better decisions, especially in cases where the treatments that follow are also of questionable efficacy.

If someone is not immune-compromised, why is it preferable to have any vaccine (with possible side effects, questionable efficacy, and a short track record) rather than assume that one may not get the flu at all, or, if one does, that the immune system will take care of it?

However, there are also some studies that show questionable efficacy [33, 34].

In the third study (Ducreux et al, 2007), a rather permissive non-inferiority margin was used with a primary end point being ORR – a questionable primary efficacy end point for first line advanced CRC trials in the modern era.

Conversely, if drug and placebo effects of antidepressant medication are additive, then the data produced by Kirsch and others indicate that those effects are small, at best, and of questionable clinical efficacy.

As one of the oldest and most common procedures in clinical practice, allogeneic blood transfusions face many issues including questionable safety and efficacy, increasing costs and limited supply.

Quite a few supplement makers ten dominate the $1.7 billion U.S. market for weight-loss pill supplements are replicating their preban setups, armed with powerful sponsors, relentless marketing and questionable claims of efficacy and safety.

Speaking of raw deals, Martha Rosenberg describes how big pharma distorts science to get approval for yet more drugs of questionable safety and efficacy in AlterNet.