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evaluating clinical research

Bengt D. Furberg () and Curt D. Furberg ()
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Bengt D. Furberg: Associate Professor
Curt D. Furberg: Wake Forest University School of MedicineMedical Center Boulevard, Division of Public Health Sciences

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Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-72899-5
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Ch Chapter 1 What is the purpose of this book?
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Ch Chapter 10 Why is blinding/masking so important?
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Ch Chapter 11 How is symptomatic improvement measured?
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Ch Chapter 12 Is it really possible to assess quality of life?
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Ch Chapter 13 What is the value of biologic markers in drug evaluation?
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Ch Chapter 14 How are adverse drug reactions measured?
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Ch Chapter 15 How representative are study subjects in clinical trials?
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Ch Chapter 16 What happened to the study subjects who disappeared from the analysis?
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Ch Chapter 17 How reliable are active-control trials?
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Ch Chapter 18 How informative are composite outcomes?
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Ch Chapter 19 Do changes in biologic markers predict clinical benefit?
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Ch Chapter 2 Why is benefit-to-harm balance essential to treatment decisions?
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Ch Chapter 20 How trustworthy are the authors?
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Ch Chapter 21 Does publication in a reputable scientific journal guarantee quality?
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Ch Chapter 22 Is it necessary to be a biostatistician to interpret scientific data?
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Ch Chapter 23 Are all drugs of a class interchangeable?
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Ch Chapter 24 How much confidence can be placed on economic analysis?
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Ch Chapter 25 How should I handle the massive flow of information?
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Ch Chapter 26 How well is research translated into clinical care?
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Ch Chapter 3 What are the strengths of randomized controlled clinical trials?
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Ch Chapter 4 What are the weaknesses of randomized controlled clinical trials?
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Ch Chapter 5 Do meta-analyses provide the ultimate truth?
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Ch Chapter 6 What are the strengths of observational studies?
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Ch Chapter 7 What are the weaknesses of observational studies?
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Ch Chapter 8 Were the scientific questions stated in advance?
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Ch Chapter 9 Were the treatment groups comparable initially?
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