Barely Significant
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Association between convalescent plasma treatment and mortality in COVID-19: a collaborative systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.

BMC Infect Dis · 2021 · PMC8605464 · PMID 34800996

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nominally significantp = 0.03actually significant
For a short period of time, when 4 trials were available, the cumulative meta-analysis suggested a nominally significant benefit (p = 0.03; with limited evidence, however, as transient nominally significant results upon sequential addition of trials can be misleading) [ 43 ].

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