Per Protocol Analysis

An analysis that is restricted to the participants who fulfil the protocol in terms of the eligibility, interventions, and outcome assessment. This analysis restricts the comparison of the treatments outcomes to the participants who adhered perfectly to the clinical trial instructions as stipulated in the protocol, i.e. completed the full treatment. If done alone, this analysis leads to bias because it does not consider participants who did not follow the protocol completely for any reason.

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