I doubt they can give is much detail regarding the success/failure of their hypothesis. Indicating either way would ruin the legitimacy of the study going forward due to potential placebo bias for new participants entering the study and expecting new things.
I wouldn't get your hopes up - it will likely just be w progress update to say that theyve been working w a few initial participants without wny inclination of success.
I understand the rationale conceptually, but at the same time we are really suffering here and timing is critical.
Hi, Daropac (and All),
You're right, daropac -- the specifics won't be made available until the paper has been published. Your frustration about this is coming through loud and clear, and I, for one, am in agreement. It's very frustrating!
But just to remind everyone here...NORD will have received a very detailed, in-depth report about Dr. K's research to date. He'll have to report
everything, and he
will report everything. I have no doubts about this.
So -- while only snippets might be included in the public portion of this interim report, the actual report will be loaded with information.
Also, just to alleviate some possible fears -- if the study wasn't panning out, Dr. K would report it to NORD and the study would be stopped mid-stream. But that's not the case. I had been in touch with Dr. K several weeks ago about something (not related to this study), and he commented that interesting/important information was coming out of this study. I had not asked. He just spontaneously mentioned it.
So -- be optimistic!
Demo is right -- be open-minded and optimistic about this first-ever POIS study!
Stef
