Tag Archives: Prof James C Coyne
Scientists trade insults over myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) study
Times article, by Tom Whipple, 1 Aug 2017: Scientists trade insults over myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) study An acrimonious scientific row has broken out after a £5 million publicly funded study investigating treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome was condemned as “deeply … Continue reading
Asserting privilege: PACE investigators’ request that their manuscript not be peer reviewed or receive replies
Quick thoughts blog post by James C Coyne, 11 July 2017: Asserting privilege: PACE investigators’ request that their manuscript not be peer reviewed or receive replies After demanding parts of an article published in the Journal of Health Psychology be … Continue reading
Danish RCT of cognitive behavior therapy for whatever ails your physician about you
PLOS blog post by James Coyne PhD, 7 December 2016: Danish RCT of cognitive behavior therapy for whatever ails your physician about you I was asked by a Danish journalist to examine a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of cognitive behavior … Continue reading
More PACE trial tribunal comments
PACE trial ruling: Respondent Alem Mathees main response The essential daily briefing, 19 August 2016: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome sufferers have just had a small victory Health Rising discussion, 17 August 2016: The PACE Trial’s Big Stumble: UK Tribunal Orders Release of PACE … Continue reading
Probing an untrustworthy Cochrane review of exercise for CFS
Blog post by Prof James C Coyne, 23 April 2016: Probing an untrustworthy Cochrane review of exercise for “chronic fatigue syndrome” From my work in progress: My ongoing investigation so far has revealed that the 2016 Cochrane review misrepresents what … Continue reading
PLOS One journal restates position on data sharing to Prof Coyne
In the standoff over release of the PACE PLOS One trial data, has the journal just blinked? by James Coyne, 7 April 2016 I just received (April 7, 2016) another communication from the Managing Editor of PLOS One reporting an … Continue reading
PLOS One journal asks researchers for release of PACE trial data
The PACE trial researchers published an article in PLOS One in 2012, a journal that requires authors to allow other researchers access to their data. PLOS ONE notice: Update on follow up, 7 Mar 2016 PLOS ONE is actively following up … Continue reading
Tuller discusses the nature of bias in the PACE trial
Virology blog: Trial By Error, Continued: More Nonsense from The Lancet Psychiatry by David Tuller, 19 January 2016 The PACE authors have long demonstrated great facility in evading questions they don’t want to answer. They did this in their response … Continue reading
PLOS One to investigate PACE trial’s refusal to share data
Response from PLOS One editors to requests for more information about the PACE trial: Several readers have raised concerns regarding the analyses reported in this article. We are also aware that there have been requests for the data from this … Continue reading
Prof Coyne’s PACE trial FOI request refused as considered ‘vexatious’
Prof James Coyne has received a reply from the authors of the PACE trial refusing access to data: 11 December 2015 Dear Professor Coyne, Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (“the Act”) Further to your recent … Continue reading
