Rung 3 of 7
Human case series
One or more documented human cases reported in the literature, with individual-level detail and no control group.
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Qualifies
- Clinician-documented and published, with case-level detail.
- Dose, route and duration reported for each case.
- Outcome assessment described, even if not blinded.
Does not qualify
- Anecdote without clinical documentation, wherever it appears.
- Testimonials, influencer accounts, and vendor-published 'results'.
- Community discussion threads, wherever they are hosted. Attributed discussion is not clinical documentation.
What this rung does not license you to say
No frequency estimate may be derived from a case series. There is no denominator, so a rate cannot exist. If you see a percentage attached to a rung 3 claim anywhere on this site, it is a bug — report it.
For example A published series of four patients treated off-label, reporting individual dose, duration and outcome.
Claims currently on this rung
The claim index is generated from the record set and is not built yet.
When it is, this section lists every claim across all 196 records sitting at
human_case_series — which is what makes the ladder auditable rather than decorative.