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Randomised Controlled Clinical Trials

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Authors:
  1. Christopher J. Bulpitt

    1. Division of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School Hammersmith Hospital, UK

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-6

  3. The History of Controlled Trials

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    Pages 7-16

  4. Ethical Considerations

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    Pages 17-43

  5. The Objectives of a Randomised Controlled Trial

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    Pages 45-55

  6. Different Trial Designs

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    Pages 57-83

  7. How Many Subjects are Required For a Trial?

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    Pages 85-112

  8. How to Ensure That the Results are Free of Bias

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    Pages 113-164

  9. Writing The Protocol

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    Pages 165-174

  10. Recruitment of Subjects

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    Pages 175-181

  11. Information to be Collected During a Trial

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    Pages 183-198

  12. The Conduct of the Trial — Good Clinical Practice

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    Pages 199-231

  13. Stopping Rules For Trials

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    Pages 233-243

  14. The Variability and Validity of Results

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    Pages 245-268

  15. Analysis of the Results, Subgroup and Meta-Analysis

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    Pages 269-299

  16. The Evaluation of Subjective Well-Being and Measurement of Quality of Life

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    Pages 301-322

  17. The Detection of Adverse Drug Reactions

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    Pages 323-330

  18. Measurement of the Benefit : Risk Comparison, Cost-Effectiveness and Cost-Utility.

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    Pages 331-340

  19. Early Trials on New Drugs

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    Pages 341-349

  20. Failure to Accept the Results of Randomised Controlled Trials

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    Pages 351-378
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After 13 years there are new areas to discuss and more recent trials to be included. Good clinical practice; evaluation of quality of life; measurement of the benefit:risk comparison; determination of cost- effectiveness and cost utility; stopping rules for trials; meta-analysis and subgroup analysis are all new sections. The references are expanded from 305 to 512 and include the recent advances in trial design, such as the n-of-1 trials and megatrials, and up-to-date examples to illustrate the points made in the 20 chapters.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Postgraduate Medical School Hammersmith Hospital, UK

    Christopher J. Bulpitt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Randomised Controlled Clinical Trials

  • Authors: Christopher J. Bulpitt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-6347-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4257-1Published: 30 September 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-7915-7Published: 08 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-6347-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: IX, 437

  • Topics: Medicinal Chemistry, Medical Law, Health Informatics

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