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Treatment estimands in clinical trials of patients hospitalised for COVID-19: ensuring trials ask the right questions

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2020
When designing a clinical trial, explicitly defining the treatment estimands of interest (that which is to be estimated) can help to clarify trial objectives and ensure the questions being addressed by the trial are clinically meaningful.
Brennan C. Kahan   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accessing routinely collected health data to improve clinical trials: recent experience of access

open access: yesTrials, 2021
Background Routinely collected electronic health records (EHRs) have the potential to enhance randomised controlled trials (RCTs) by facilitating recruitment and follow-up.
Archie Macnair   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact of the European Clinical Trials Directive on prospective academic clinical trials associated with BMT [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The European Clinical Trials Directive (EU 2001; 2001/20/EC) was introduced to improve the efficiency of commercial and academic clinical trials. Concerns have been raised by interested organizations and institutions regarding the potential for negative ...
A Hartmann   +14 more
core   +3 more sources

Efficacy and safety of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine during 18 months after vaccination: a phase 3 randomized, controlled trial in children and young infants at 11 African sites.

open access: yesPLoS Medicine, 2014
BackgroundA malaria vaccine could be an important addition to current control strategies. We report the safety and vaccine efficacy (VE) of the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine during 18 mo following vaccination at 11 African sites with varying malaria transmission ...
RTS,S Clinical Trials Partnership
doaj   +1 more source

SPIRIT 2013 explanation and elaboration: guidance for protocols of clinical trials

open access: yesBritish medical journal, 2013
High quality protocols facilitate proper conduct, reporting, and external review of clinical trials. However, the completeness of trial protocols is often inadequate.
A. Chan   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinical Trial Results: A Clinical Trial Bazaar! [PDF]

open access: yesThe Oncologist, 2014
The Oncologist's Clinical Trial Results section welcomes both positive and negative results in an effort to share information, speed discovery, and inform the field. Clinical Trial Results submissions have shown how succinctly the salient features of a submission can be presented, with more in-depth information to be found online.
Antonio Tito, Fojo, Susan E, Bates
openaire   +2 more sources

Cancer Clinical Trials Optimization and Pharmacogenomics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A critical overview of recent clinical trials in cancer is presented focused on signaling pathways blockers or inhibitors with a view to developing successful clinical trials employing personalized cancer therapies.
I. C. Baianu
core   +2 more sources

What to do about poor clinical performance in clinical trials [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
The performance of individual clinicians is being monitored as never before. Su Mason and colleagues discuss the implications of this for clinical trials and recommend what should happen if during a trial the performance of one clinician or one centre is
Lilford, R., Mason, S., Nicholl, J.
core   +2 more sources

Informed consent and placebo effects: a content analysis of information leaflets to identify what clinical trial participants are told about placebos [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BackgroundPlacebo groups are used in randomised clinical trials (RCTs) to control for placebo effects, which can be large. Participants in trials can misunderstand written information particularly regarding technical aspects of trial design such as ...
Adams, Alison E.M.   +3 more
core   +5 more sources

Implementing monitoring triggers and matching of triggered and control sites in the TEMPER study: a description and evaluation of a triggered monitoring management system

open access: yesTrials, 2019
Background Triggered monitoring in clinical trials is a risk-based monitoring approach where triggers (centrally monitored, predefined key risk and performance indicators) drive the extent, timing, and frequency of monitoring visits.
Carlos Diaz-Montana   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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