Definition of "noninferiority" [noninferiority]

• The condition of not being inferior (noun)

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• "The difference didn ' t meet the predefined statistical criteria for noninferiority."
• "And even that study has come under attack because the benefits of the Charite in the context of a noninferiority trial, were shown to be noninferior to Bagby and Kuslich cages (BAK), used in spinal fusion, a failed procedure critics say that has not been performed in years."
• "They will rely , in part, on the results of the MEDAL trial in which etoricoxib was compared with diclofenac and found to demonstrate that the cardiovascular event risk was the same with either medication using a "noninferiority study" design, which according to Graham, is "especially poor" at identifying risk between drugs."