Preface |
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Part I Basic Considerations |
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1.2 Some completed trials |
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1.4 Practical constraints |
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1.5 Influencing clinical practice |
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1.8 Ethical considerations |
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1.9 Regulatory requirements |
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2.2 The research question |
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2.5 Choice of interventions |
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2.7 Assigning the interventions |
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2.8 Making the assessments |
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2.9 Analysis and reporting |
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3.9 Assessment and data collection |
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3.10 Statistical considerations |
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3.12 Organisational structure |
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3.16 Regulatory requirements |
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4 Measurement and Data Capture |
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4.3 Measures and endpoints |
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4.4 Making the observations |
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104 | (9) |
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5.5 Carrying out randomisation |
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6.3 Data collection and processing |
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6.4 Internal data monitoring |
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6.5 Ethical and regulatory requirements |
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7 Trial Conduct and Completion |
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7.4 Protocol modifications |
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7.5 Preparing the publication(s) |
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8.2 The standard Normal distribution |
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9.2 Significance level and power |
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9.3 The fundamental equation |
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190 | (8) |
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9.5 Practical considerations |
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10 Data and Safety Monitoring |
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11.7 When things go wrong |
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Part II Adaptions of the Basic Design |
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12 More Than Two Interventions |
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12.2 Unstructured comparisons |
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12.3 Comparisons with placebo (or standard) |
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12.4 Dose-response designs |
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12.6 Complex structure comparisons |
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13 Paired and Matched Designs |
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14 Repeated Measures Design |
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14.5 Accounting for auto-correlation |
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14.6 The design effect (DE) |
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14.10 Matched organs receiving the same intervention |
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15 Non-Inferiority and Equivalence Trials |
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16.4 Intra-class correlation |
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17.5 Cross-sectional design |
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17.6 Closed cohort design |
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Part III Further Topics |
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18.4 Biomarker-Stratified Designs |
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18.5 Adaptive threshold designs |
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19 Feasibility and Pilot Studies |
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19.3 External-pilot studies |
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19.4 Considerations across external-pilot and main trial |
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19.5 Internal-pilot studies |
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19.6 Other preliminary studies |
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20.6 Zelen randomised consent designs |
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20.7 Systematic overviews |
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Statistical Tables |
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Glossary |
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References |
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Index |
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