Should clinical studies guide clinical practice?

Guide to the use of statistical methods in clinical studies

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Good clinical practice in clinical interventional studies

Good clinical practice (GCP) guidelines should always be implemented and obeyed in clinical interventional studies. In this mini-review, we will address several burning questions relating to GCP in a concise 'frequently asked questions' format. While compliance to current rules and regulations is our mission, we also wish to play devil's advocate attempting to translate the rules into sizeable ...

Dolutegravir monotherapy: when should clinical practice be clinical research?

Can clinical practice guide a research agenda?

Articles from this issue of the Bulletin indicate that clinicians are frequently adopting clinical practices that have not been supported by an evidence base. Examples of these practices are prescribing more than one antipsychotic and reserving clozapine for patients who have had multiple antipsychotic trials. This commentary suggests that these practices can be used to define important researc...

CT Colonography: A Guide for Clinical Practice

Computerised tomography (CT) colonography has been a rapidly evolving subject over the last few years due to a combination of clinical need and technological advances. The technique has moved from primarily a research tool to a commonly accepted examination in the clinical diagnostic armoury. Its position in the diagnostic hierarchy for colonic disorders is continuing to evolve. Colorectal carc...