Same principle would seem to apply in both scenarios; plenty of kids willing to volunteer for puberty blockers, so just give some of them placebos.
If giving untested drugs to kids was a FDA dealbreaker, it would be impossible to bootstrap ANY pediatric drugs through the approval process. "Can't give it to kids because it's untested; can'…
Same principle would seem to apply in both scenarios; plenty of kids willing to volunteer for puberty blockers, so just give some of them placebos.
If giving untested drugs to kids was a FDA dealbreaker, it would be impossible to bootstrap ANY pediatric drugs through the approval process. "Can't give it to kids because it's untested; can't test it because that would require giving it to kids" would be an insurmountable obstacle if it was that cut and dry.
Same principle would seem to apply in both scenarios; plenty of kids willing to volunteer for puberty blockers, so just give some of them placebos.
If giving untested drugs to kids was a FDA dealbreaker, it would be impossible to bootstrap ANY pediatric drugs through the approval process. "Can't give it to kids because it's untested; can't test it because that would require giving it to kids" would be an insurmountable obstacle if it was that cut and dry.