# Device Fails to Beat Pills in Clinical Trial

- slug: device-fails-to-beat-pills-in-clinical-trial
- date: 2026-03-28
- category: Biotech & Life Sciences

When the [CLOSURE-AF trial](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41849741/) landed in the New England Journal of Medicine, Eric Topol noticed something striking: the journal published an accompanying editorial — and a cardiologist reached the opposite conclusion via a separate interview.

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