Section outline

  • Lecture: Design, Subjects and Randomization

    Definition and importance of randomized controlled trials (RCT); examples of RCTs; disadvantages; alternatives; reasons for doing RCTs; randomization; inclusion/exclusion criteria; study designs including classical RCT, factorial designs, cross-over designs, matched pairs, cluster or grouped randomization.

    Faculty:  Dennis Black

    Location:      Mission Hall 1400

    • Prospectus:

    • 2015CTCoursePlan 12.19.2014 File

    • Session Slides:

    • Clinical trials lecture 1 2015 version final 1-7-14 File

    • Session Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Required Reading:

      Designing Clinical Research (4th Edition), Chapter 10, pages 142-147 and Chapter 11, pages 151-158.

    • Lippman S, et al. Effect of selenium and vitamin E on risk of prostate cancer and other cancers. JAMA. 2009;301(1):(doi:10.1001/jama.2008.864) [Note: read abstract and comment sections, review the tables and figures and skim the rest] File
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    • Gaziano J, et al. Vitamins E and C in the prevention of prostate and total cancer in men: The Physicians' Health Study II randomized controlled trial. JAMA 2009;301(1):(doi:10.1001/jama.2008.862) File
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    • Black DM, et al. PaTH Study Investigators. The effects of parathyroid hormone and alendronate alone or in combination in postmenopausal osteoporosis. N Engl J Med. 2003:349:1207-15. [Note: read abstract] File
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    • Section from PaTH Protocol File
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    • Optional Reading:

      Fundamentals of Clinical Trials (4th Edition), Chapters 4, 5, and 6.

    • Assignment:

    • AssignL1 2015 File
    • AssignL1 2015 File

    • Assignment Due Date: 

      Exercises from Lecture 1 are due Monday, January 12, 2015 by 5pm: email to S. Kalkhoran and S. Meffert at UCSFClinicalTrials2015@gmail.com.

      Email your research question(s) to your Section Leader on Friday, January 9, 2015 by 5pm; bring a copy to Section I.

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