To get the drugs past the FDA you only need to show it behaves better than placebo
Not really. You need to show how it works compared to the current regimen.
If someone suffering from a disease currently takes drugs A, B, and C, and you have what you think is a better C (let's call it C++), then the study would compare people on (A,B,C) to people on (A,B,C++).
Unless there is no treatment at all for the disease, in which case, go for the placebo.
Not really. You need to show how it works compared to the current regimen.
If someone suffering from a disease currently takes drugs A, B, and C, and you have what you think is a better C (let's call it C++), then the study would compare people on (A,B,C) to people on (A,B,C++).
Unless there is no treatment at all for the disease, in which case, go for the placebo.