Superiority trial

A study to test if a study treatment works better than another treatment.

An example of a superiority trial is a study that tests whether a new medicine for asthma works better than one that some patients already use.

Superiority trials are done to find treatment options that work better than those that are already approved for a specific disease or condition.

confirmatory trial

equivalence trial

superiority study

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