Let me try again.....Hello All,
THE DATA RELEASED THIS WEEK BY THE COMPANY IS WRONG.
The swimmers plot is misleading because, when a subject becomes NR and there are no further examinations, they are not shown at subsequent time intervals. Even though they are not shown at subsequent intervals, they still have to be counted at those intervals when calculating numbers and percentages. The person at Theralase who compiled the data table just counted up the dots on the swimmers plot for each time interval and calculated percentages, forgetting that NRs had to be carried forward to subsequent time intervals. THEY LEFT OUT MANY NRs WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN COUNTED.
It's simple to fix. On the swimmers plot just carry all of the NRs forward to the appropriate time; their number of days in the study. THEN you can just add up the number of subjects in each catagory at each time interval and calculate percentages.
Comunications from this company are pathetic. And the data table in question was NOT compiled by a Principal Investigator, or anyone with any education in math or science. I hope this is not the table that will be presnted at the upcoming meeting.
Sorry about all the caps; reminds me of another poster that we haven't seen for a while.
Good luck All.