Posted by Larry Hoover on August 4, 2008, at 7:27:12
In reply to Re: Harvard's (STAR-D*) protocol to treat depressi, posted by Nadezda on August 3, 2008, at 22:59:58
> Have there been any follow-up results since the initial results? The study was continuing at the time of the prior thread.
There are over 100 papers that come up on Pubmed using STAR*D as keyword for searching.
> Some of the stages mentioned here seem new and not part of the earlier report.
There are many follow-up reports, looking at narrow aspects of the findings.
> Also-- there's almost no one left after stage 3 and even fewer after stage 4-- based on 3600 people-- so I wonder if these statistics are accurate, actually.
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> NadezdaThe stats are the stats. If the results are significant, then they have meaning. Extrapolation from small samples is less robust, yes.
Lar
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