Healthy Skepticism Library item: 11389

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Publication type: Journal Article

Glasziou PP.
Publishing and reporting clinical trials
Med J Aust 2007 Sep 3; 187:(5):282
http://www.mja.com.au/public/bookroom/2007/glasziou/glasziou.html

Abstract:

THERE ARE NOW over 30 000 trials published each year (around 80 per day) – a rapid growth since the first randomised trial in the 1940s. Clinical trials are now deservedly influential in both clinical and policy decision making. Hence all clinicians should have a basic understanding of the why, what, and how of clinical trials.Interpreting and reporting clinical trials is an ideal starting point, and has been written by a mix of clinicians, statisticians and data managers with extensive experience in designing and running clinical trials…

Notes:

Review of:
Interpreting and reporting clinical trials. A guide to the CONSORT statement and the principles of randomised controlled trials. Anthony Keech, Val Gebski, Rhana Pike, editors. Sydney: MJA Books, 2007 (iv + 181 pp). ISBN 978 0 9775786 4 1.

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