One example could be that 6 out of 100 more people (6%) get a remission Open a glossary item with a new treatment compared to standard treatment. If there were 50 people in the new treatment group and 50 people in the standard treatment group, there may be 3 more people in remission in the new treatment group. The 2 groups would not look that different. But if the researchers gave each treatment to 5,000 people, there could be 300 more remissions in the new treatment group.