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Evaluating clinical research : all that glitters is not gold
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Table of Contents
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Book Overview
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Chapter 1
What is the purpose of this book?
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Chapter 2
Why is benefit-to-harm balance essential to treatment decisions?
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Chapter 3
What are the strengths of randomized controlled clinical trials?
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Chapter 4
What are the weaknesses of randomized controlled clinical trials?
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Chapter 5
Do meta-analyses provide the ultimate truth?
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Chapter 6
What are the strengths of observational studies?
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Chapter 7
What are the weaknesses of observational studies?
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Chapter 8
Were the scientific questions stated in advance?
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Chapter 9
Were the treatment groups comparable initially?
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Chapter 10
Why is blinding/masking so important?
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Chapter 11
How is symptomatic improvement measured?
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Chapter 12
Is it really possible to assess quality of life?
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Chapter 13
What is the value of biologic markers in drug evaluation?
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Chapter 14
How are adverse drug reactions measured?
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Chapter 15
How representative are study subjects in clinical trials?
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Chapter 16
What happened to the study subjects who disappeared from the analysis?
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Chapter 17
How reliable are active-control trials?
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Chapter 18
How informative are composite outcomes?
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Chapter 19
Do changes in biologic markers predict clinical benefit?
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Chapter 20
How trustworthy are the authors?
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Chapter 21
Does publication in a reputable scientific journal guarantee quality?
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Chapter 22
Is it necessary to be a biostatistician to interpret scientific data?
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Chapter 23
Are all drugs of a class interchangeable?
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Chapter 24
How much confidence can be placed on economic analysis?
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Chapter 25
How should I handle the massive flow of information?
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Chapter 26
How well is research translated into clinical care?
Overall attention for this book and its chapters
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syllabi
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institutions with syllabi
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Book overview
1. What is the purpose of this book?
2. Why is benefit-to-harm balance essential to treatment decisions?
3. What are the strengths of randomized controlled clinical trials?
4. What are the weaknesses of randomized controlled clinical trials?
5. Do meta-analyses provide the ultimate truth?
6. What are the strengths of observational studies?
7. What are the weaknesses of observational studies?
8. Were the scientific questions stated in advance?
9. Were the treatment groups comparable initially?
10. Why is blinding/masking so important?
11. How is symptomatic improvement measured?
12. Is it really possible to assess quality of life?
13. What is the value of biologic markers in drug evaluation?
14. How are adverse drug reactions measured?
15. How representative are study subjects in clinical trials?
16. What happened to the study subjects who disappeared from the analysis?
17. How reliable are active-control trials?
18. How informative are composite outcomes?
19. Do changes in biologic markers predict clinical benefit?
20. How trustworthy are the authors?
21. Does publication in a reputable scientific journal guarantee quality?
22. Is it necessary to be a biostatistician to interpret scientific data?
23. Are all drugs of a class interchangeable?
24. How much confidence can be placed on economic analysis?
25. How should I handle the massive flow of information?
26. How well is research translated into clinical care?
Summary
Syllabi
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So far, Altmetric has seen this research output assigned in
2
syllabi from
2
institutions on Open Syllabus Project.
Institution
Syllabi count
Course subject areas covered
Iowa State University
1
Business
University of Derby
1
Unknown