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General

What is a Clinical Trial?
An introduction from ClinicalTrials.gov produced by the National Library of Medicine.


Understanding Clinical Trials
This booklet is written in lay language for people who may be considering involvement in clinical trials.


Randomised Controlled Trials: A user’s guide
The BMJ's guide by Alejandro R Jadad. A very comprehensive text in a simple question-and-answer format covering: types of RCTs, bias, quality assessment, reporting and interpreting individual trials, from individual to groups of trials - reviews, metaanlyses and guidelines, and from trials to decisions - the basis of evidence based health care.


Clinical Trials
A glossary of terminology from the Medical University of South Carolina's EBM Glossary.


Choosing between randomised and non-randomised studies: a systematic review
An executive summary of a HTA monograph available for downloading from the publications page.


A list of the BMJ's many articles on Randomised Controlled Trials: descriptions and examples.


Registering clinical trials
by Alison Tonks in the BMJ.


Understanding Clinical Trials From The Patient's Perspective
A text describing the process of undergoing a clinical trial in America, by Patty Delaney, from the US Food and Drug Administration Site.


"Gold Standards"
An article on RCTs from Bandolier.


Controlled Trials from History
Presents the work of researchers who pioneered the application of research methods designed to reduce biases in studies assessing the effects of health care, social care and education. Provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.


Clinical Trials Listing by Disease Category
CentreWatch's Clinical Trials Listing Service.


Discussion Lists

comp-med-trials
This list covers the evaluation of the effects and claims of the main complementary medical therapies. The main topics are the design and interpretation of clinical trials and supporting background scientific research.


Tools

Statistical considerations for clinical trials and scientific experiments
Online sample size calculation program from the Massachusetts General Hospital.



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