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    It is not the case that A result reliable within a trial population may be systematically unreliable when generalized to clinical practice contexts.

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    • 1.Well-designed trials explicitly randomize to eliminate systematic bias; selection effects alone cannot reverse reliable causal estimates.
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    • 2.External validity is empirically testable through pragmatic trials and real-world studies, not a priori unpredictable from trial results.
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    • 3.Clinical practice often succeeds with trial-derived treatments; widespread disagreement between trials and practice would be observable.
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    • 1.Trial populations are deliberately selected for homogeneity, excluding comorbidities and variables present in real clinical populations.
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    • 2.Clinical contexts involve unmeasured confounders—patient adherence, social factors, drug interactions—absent in controlled trial environments.
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    • 3.Hawthorne effects and protocol adherence in trials differ systematically from routine practice, changing treatment effectiveness estimates.
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