Randomized Clinical Trials: Design, Practice and Reporting

Randomized clinical trials are the principal method for determining the relative efficacy and safety of alternative treatments, interventions or medical devices.  They are conducted by groups comprising one or more of pharmaceutical and allied health-care organisations, academic institutions, and charity supported research groups.  In many cases such trials provide the key evidence necessary for the regulatory approval of a new product for future patient use.  Randomized Clinical Trials provides comprehensive coverage of such trials, ranging from elementary to advanced level.

Written by authors with considerable experience of clinical trials, Randomized Clinical Trials is an authoritative guide for clinicians, nurses, data managers and medical statisticians involved in clinical trials research and for health care professionals directly involved in patient care in a clinical trial context.

Peter M Fayers, Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen, UK and Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.