Focus on randomised clinical trials

Focus on You: Cancer clinical trials perspectives

BACKGROUND Clinical trials test new ways to prevent, detect, diagnose, or treat diseases. Researchers have found that minority patients are willing to participate in clinical trials, yet these patients have barriers which hinder their access to trials. METHODS To explore African American women's participation in breast cancer clinical trials, eight focus groups were conducted with breast canc...

Ethics of randomised clinical trials.

Up to now there are no generally accepted ethical guidelines for controlled studies. The issue is hardly discussed in the Helsinki Declaration even in its last version. The reason might be that in many of these studies it is difficult to determine whether to classify them as 'mere patient-care' or as research. If they are to be considered as mere patient-care, the doctor is under the obligation...

Introducing “Agreement on what to Measure in Randomised Controlled Trials in Burn Care” Research Project

پروژه پژوهشی "توافق درباره‌ی پیامدهای قابل اندازه‌گیری در کارآزمایی های کنترل‌دار مربوط به مراقبت‌های سوختگی" توسط گروهی از پژوهش‌گران با تجربه، در حوزه سوختگی، زیر نظر دکتر Young از کشور انگلستان در حال انجام می‌باشد. هدف نهایی از انجام این مطالعه، تهیه و تدوین مجموعه‌ای از پیامدهای اساسی (core outcome set (COS)) است که در گزارش کارآزمایی های شاهد‌دار تصادفی مربوط به مراقبت‌های سوختگی باید مور...

Patient preferences and randomised clinical trials.

Multicentre randomised clinical trials in trauma care.

Multicentre clinical trials in trauma care are gaining prominence as a means of generating good-quality evidence to inform and influence clinical practice. We believe multicentre trials have an important role to play in supporting evidence-based practice, and further investment in such trials is justified.