Part 7 of the Wheel of Fire
Click here to go to part 6 of The Wheel of Fire: Cycles and Epicycles AN INTENTION TO TREAT In Medicine, “Intention to Treat” (ITT) has a very specific meaning and it has nothing to do with what I’m going to talk about. ITT refers to a type of medical study protocol whereby patients are randomized into different treatment arms. Once they are in the different arms, the physicians and scientists conducting the study intend to treat them with only whatever protocol that arm allows. Another phrase synonymous with ITT is therefore “once randomized, always randomized.” But, that’s not what I...
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