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Methods and Applications of Statistics in Clinical Trials, Volume 1

Concepts, Principles, Trials, and Designs

Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:25th Mar '14

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A complete guide to the key statistical concepts essential for the design and construction of clinical trials

As the newest major resource in the field of medical research, Methods and Applications of Statistics in Clinical Trials, Volume 1: Concepts, Principles, Trials, and Designs presents a timely and authoritative reviewof the central statistical concepts used to build clinical trials that obtain the best results. The referenceunveils modern approaches vital to understanding, creating, and evaluating data obtained throughoutthe various stages of clinical trial design and analysis.

Accessible and comprehensive, the first volume in a two-part set includes newly-written articles as well as established literature from the Wiley Encyclopedia of Clinical Trials. Illustrating a variety of statistical concepts and principles such as longitudinal data, missing data, covariates, biased-coin randomization, repeated measurements, and simple randomization, the book also provides in-depth coverage of the various trial designs found within phase I-IV trials. Methods and Applications ofStatistics in Clinical Trials, Volume 1: Concepts, Principles, Trials, and Designs also features:

  • Detailed chapters on the type of trial designs, such as adaptive, crossover, group-randomized, multicenter, non-inferiority, non-randomized, open-labeled, preference, prevention, and superiority trials
  • Over 100 contributions from leading academics, researchers, and practitioners
  • An exploration of ongoing, cutting-edge clinical trials on early cancer and heart disease, mother-to-child human immunodeficiency virus transmission trials, and the AIDS Clinical Trials Group

Methods and Applications of Statistics in Clinical Trials, Volume 1: Concepts, Principles, Trials, and Designs is an excellent reference for researchers, practitioners, and students in the fields of clinicaltrials, pharmaceutics, biostatistics, medical research design, biology, biomedicine, epidemiology,and public health.

“Methods and Applications of Statistics in Clinical Trials is a comprehensive, in-depth and up-to-date guide to statistics in clinical research.  Most readers will have more than an introductory understanding of statistics.”  (Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices, 5 May 2015)

“This book provides an excellent description of the methods and applications of statistics to design clinical trials and to understand and evaluate data at different stages of clinical trials. It is strongly recommended for researchers, practitioners, and students.”  (Doody’s, 13 February 2015)

 

ISBN: 9781118304730

Dimensions: 257mm x 185mm x 56mm

Weight: 1837g

992 pages