Clinical trials : a methodologic perspective /

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Author / Creator:Piantadosi, Steven.
Imprint:New York : Wiley, c1997.
Description:xxi, 590 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Wiley series in probability and statistics
Wiley series in probability and statistics. Applied probability and statistics ; 1346.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2690144
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ISBN:0471163937 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 536-575) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • 1. Preliminaries
  • 2. Clinical Trails as Research
  • 3. Why Clinical Trials Are Ethical
  • 4. Contexts for Clinical Trials
  • 5. Statistical Perspectives
  • 6. Clinical Trials as Experimental Designs
  • 7. Random Error and Bias
  • 8. Objectives and Outcomes
  • 9. Translational Clinical Trials
  • 10. Dose Finding Designs
  • 11. Sample Size and Power
  • 12. The Study Cohort
  • 13. Treatment Allocation
  • 14. Treatment Effects Monitoring
  • 15. Counting Patients and Events
  • 16. Estimating Clinical Effects
  • 17. Prognostic Factor Analyses
  • 18. Reporting and Authorship
  • 19. Factorial Designs
  • 20. Cross-Over Designs
  • 21. Meta-Analyses
  • 22. Misconduct and Fraud in Clinical Research
  • Appendix A. Data and Programs
  • Appendix B. Notation and Terminology
  • Appendix C. Abbreviations
  • Appendix D. Nuremberg Code
  • Appendix E. Declaration of Helsinki
  • Appendix F. NCI Data and Safety Monitoring Policy
  • Appendix G. NIH Data and Safety Monitoring Policy
  • Appendix H. Royal Statistical Society Code of Conduct
  • Bibliography
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index