Story of Influenza Antivirals: Part 35

The strange case of trial M76001

At the end of our Cochrane review, we decided to meta-analyse all placebo-controlled trial evidence on complications for both zanamivir and oseltamivir. 

Here is the meta-analysis figure for the outcomes which had no standardised definitions across trial sites and no chest X-ray confirmation:

What’s noticeable is the largest statistical weight was contrib…