Criticisms of the VAPOUR trial in a recent commentary are unsubstantiated and incorrect

William Clark¹, Paul Bird², Terry Diamond², Peter Gonski³, Elizabeth Barnes⁴, Val Gebski⁴

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¹ Interventional Radiology, St George Private Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Univsersity of New South Wales, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
³ University of New South Wales - Randwick Campus, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ University of Sydney - Camperdown and Darlington Campus, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 28546146
DOI: 10.1136/ebmed-2017-110737

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Criticisms of the VAPOUR trial in a recent commentary are unsubstantiated and incorrect

William Clark et al. Evid Based Med. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;22(3):116-117.

doi: 10.1136/ebmed-2017-110737. Epub 2017 May 25.

Authors

William Clark¹, Paul Bird², Terry Diamond², Peter Gonski³, Elizabeth Barnes⁴, Val Gebski⁴

Affiliations

¹ Interventional Radiology, St George Private Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Univsersity of New South Wales, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia.
³ University of New South Wales - Randwick Campus, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ University of Sydney - Camperdown and Darlington Campus, NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 28546146
DOI: 10.1136/ebmed-2017-110737

No abstract available

Keywords: calcium & bone; interventional radiology; neuroradiology; neurosurgery; rheumatology.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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