Textbook of Clinical Trials
Published on 21. June 2004
Software
Other digital
428 pages
978-0-470-02024-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is a comprehensive volume on clinical trials that covers all important disease and therapeutic areas together with methodologies, phase I/II/III studies and other issues. The volume catalogues the impact of clinical trials on the practice of medicine and discusses the developments and practice of medical statistics. Cancer, cardiovascular disease, dermatological, dental, mental, ophthalmic health, gynaecology and respiratory diseases are all discussed in separate chapters, with discussions on outcome measures, competing risks and statistical models given for each therapy area. It also presents: a history of clinical trials; a summary of pertinent statistical issues; how to choose a clinical trial design; ethical constraints and considerations; clinical trial issues in paediatrics and those involving older patients; and, clinical trials in complementary medicine.
Reviews / Votes
very useful as an introduction to clinical research, or for those planning specific studies within therapeutic or disease areas. (British Journal of Surgery, Vol.92, No.2, February 2005) " a very interesting book " (Applied Clinical Trials, July 2004)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 200 mm
Weight
1070 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-02024-1 (9780470020241)
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Content
Contributors. Preface. INTRODUCTION. 1. Brief History of Clinical Trials (S. Day and F. Ederer). 2. General Issues (D. Machin) 3. Clinical Trials in Pediatrics (J.P.E. Karlberg). 4. Clinical Trials Involving Older People (C. Jagger and A.J. Arthur). 5. Complementary Medicine (P.C.Leung). CANCER. 6. Breast Cancer (D.A. Barry, T.L. Smith and A.U. Buzdar). 7. Childhood Cancer (S.B. Murphy and J.J. Shuster). 8. Gastrointestinal Cancers (D. Sargent, R. Goldberg and P. Limburg). 9. Haemotologic Cancers (C.A. Schiffer and S.L. George). 10. Melanoma (P. Y. Liu and V.K. Sondak). 11. Respiratory Cancers (K. Kim). CARDIOVASCULAR. 12. Cardiovascular (L. Friedman and E. Schron). DENTISTRY AND MAXILLO FACIAL. 13. Dentistry and Maxillo facial(M Wong, C McGrath and E Lo). DERMATOLOGY. 14. Dermatology (L. Naldi and C. Minelli). PSYCHIATRY. 15. Overview (B.S. Everitt). 16. Alzheimer's Disease (L.J. Thal and R.G. Thomas). 17. Anxiety Disorders (M.K Shear and P.W. Lavori). 18. Cognitive Behaviour (N. Tarrier and T. Wukes). 19. Depression (G. Dunn). REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. 20. Contraception (G. Piaggio). 21. Gynaecology and Infertility (S. Bhattacharya and J. Mollison). RESPIRATORY. 22. Respiratory (A. Kallen). Index.