Figures in clinical trial reports: current practice & scope for improvement

Figures in clinical trial reports: current practice & scope for improvement

BACKGROUND Most clinical trial publications include figures, but there is little guidance on what results should be displayed as figures and how. PURPOSE To evaluate the current use of figures in Trial reports, and to make constructive suggestions for future practice. METHODS We surveyed all 77 reports of randomised controlled trials in five general medical journals during November 2006 to ...

Graphical Presentation of Patient-Treatment Interaction Elucidated by Continuous Biomarkers. Current Practice and Scope for Improvement.

BACKGROUND Biomarkers providing evidence for patient-treatment interaction are key in the development and practice of personalized medicine. Knowledge that a patient with a specific feature - as demonstrated through a biomarker - would have an advantage under a given treatment vs. a competing treatment can aid immensely in medical decision-making. Statistical strategies to establish evidence of...

How to interpret figures in reports of clinical trials.

CliniCal PraCtiCe imProvement

Chronic diseases place a substantial burden on the health of affected individuals as well as on society. More than 90 million people in the United States are living with chronic diseases, and more than 75% of U.S. medical care costs are spent caring for them [1]. The toll on human life is also significant, with chronic diseases accounting for 70% of all deaths and one third of the years of pote...

Drug Utilization Pattern in Pregnancy- a Scope for Improvement in the Current Prescribing Practices

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the pattern of drug (prescription, OTC) utilization in pregnant women attending the Antenatal OPD at a Tertiary care hospital. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 400 pregnant women attending Antenatal Out Patient Department. Out of 400 women majority (40%) were in the third trimester. The average drugs prescribed were 6.25 per prescription. Iron, F...