Read Designing Clinical Research by Dr. Stephen B Hulley MD MPH, Steven R Cummings MD, Warren S Browner MD MPH, Deborah G Grady MD MPH, Thomas B Newman MD MPH Online

It presents advanced epidemiologic concepts in a reader-friendly way, and suggests common sense approaches to the challenging judgments involved in designing, funding, and implementing.New to this edition:Expanded and updated content in every chapter, with new material on: • non-inferiority trials for comparative effectiveness research • incidence-density case-control studies • confounding and effect modification • diagnostic test studies to inform prediction rules • ethical aspects of whole genome sequencing • automated data management approaches • new NIH grant-writing requirements Color format, and Electronic access, powered by Inkling™ as a free companion to the text • viewable through your browser or as a download to tablet or smartphone • the complete text with optimized navigation • n

"Four Stars" according to Homer. Was good for my clinical trial class.. Great Text on Trials Clinical Trials have evolved over the past few decades in multiple dimensions. There are legal, regulatory, statistical, procedural, and clinical dimensions which tend to structure them in ways which were not prevalent to anyone who entered medicine decades earlier. The book by Hulley et al, Designing Clinical Research, is a wonderful overview of most of these dimensions. It brings the reader up to date with many of the key factors which have become part of Trials and give an excellent amount of depth so that the book stands on its own.The book is divided into three major sections; (i) Basics including sampling, t. "Must have for clinical research" according to parakkal d.. This is a excellent book, used it as part of a class that I am taking in fellowship. One of the simplest yet most informative book I have come across for clinical research design. I am a