Editorial

The Pragmatic Clinical Trial—Reconciling Intention, Design, and State of Mind

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.12877

September 02, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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Corresponding Author: Alison J. Huang, MD, MAS, University of California, San Francisco, 1545 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94143-0320 (Alison.Huang@ucsf.edu).

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