Perspectives on Enquiry & Evidence

Reflections on the RCT DUPLICATE Study and Increasing Confidence in Real-World Evidence

Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have long been considered the gold standard for assessing the efficacy of medical treatments, but real-world evidence (RWE) is often more representative of routine clinical care. The RCT DUPLICATE study makes great strides in comparing the two, but the study has its limitations: notably, the lack of quantitative bias analysis.