In 1948, the first randomized controlled trial was published by the English Medical Research Council in the "British Medical Journal". Until then, observations had been uncontrolled. Initially, trials frequently did not confirm hypotheses to be tested. This phenomenon was attributed to little sensit
Statistics Applied to Clinical Trials
β Scribed by Ton J. Cleophas MD, PhD, Aeilko H. Zwinderman Math D, PhD, Toine F. Cleophas D Techn (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 215
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Hypotheses, Data, Stratification....Pages 1-16
The Analysis of Efficacy Data of Drug Trials....Pages 17-38
The Analysis of Safety Data of Drug Trials....Pages 39-46
Equivalence Testing....Pages 47-52
Statistical Power and Sample Size....Pages 53-64
Interim Analyses....Pages 65-71
Multiple Statistical Inferences....Pages 73-82
Principles of Linear Regression....Pages 83-94
Subgroup Analysis using Multiple Linear Regression: Confounding, Interaction, Synergism....Pages 95-104
Curvilinear Regression....Pages 105-117
Meta-Analysis....Pages 119-132
Crossover Studies with Continuous Variables: Power Analysis....Pages 133-142
Crossover Studies with Binary Responses....Pages 143-150
Post-Hoc Analysis in Clinical Trials, a Case for Logistic Regression Analysis....Pages 151-155
Quality-of-Life Assessments in Clinical Trials....Pages 157-166
Statistical Analysis of Genetic Data....Pages 167-176
Relationship among Statistical Distributions....Pages 177-189
Statistics is Not βBloodlessβ Algebra....Pages 191-197
Back Matter....Pages 199-210
β¦ Subjects
Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
<P>The previous three editions of this book, rather than having been comprehensive, concentrated on the most relevant aspects of statistical analysis. Although well-received by students, clinicians, and researchers, these editions did not answer all of their questions. This updated and extended edit
Approaching the topic from an explanatory rather than mathematical stance, Cleophas and Zwinderman (both affiliated with the European Interuniversity College of Pharmaceutical Medicine Lyon, France) present a textbook designed for use in pharmaceutical education. They cover the use of statistical an
<P>The previous three editions of this book, rather than having been comprehensive, concentrated on the most relevant aspects of statistical analysis. Although well-received by students, clinicians, and researchers, these editions did not answer all of their questions. This updated and extended edit
<p><P>From the reviews of the fourth edition:</P><P>"Readership: Students, physicians and investigators interested in statistical methods for clinical trials. This book was originally written for a course in medical statistics given in the EU sponsored program European Interuniversity Diploma of Pha