Question: is this a 2) strong advice, 1) weak advice 0) no advice?

Considering expected rates around 50% in patients receiving no continuation treatment (Prien and Kupfer, 1986) on the one hand and a certain ‘therapeutic’ effect in the placebo group (Montgomery, 1999) on the other, our assumption appears to be well founded, but it will also be reassessed (and modified if required) during a blinded data review that is part of the trial’s biometrical concept. 
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This is no advice
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