Full Description
Principles and Practice of Clinical Research, Fourth Edition has been thoroughly revised to provide a comprehensive look at both the fundamental principles and expanding practice of clinical research. New to this edition of this highly regarded reference, authors have focused on examples that broadly reflect clinical research on a global scale while including a discussion of international regulations, studies, and implications.
In addition to key topics such as bioethics, clinical outcome data, cultural diversity, protocol guidelines, and "omic” platforms, this edition contains new chapters devoted to electronic health records and information resources for clinical researchers, as well as the many opportunities associated with big data. Covering a vast number of topics and practical advice for both novice and advanced clinical investigators, this book is a highly relevant and essential resource for all those involved in conducting research.
Contents
1. A Historical Perspective on Clinical Research
Part I - Ethical, Regulatory and Legal Issues
2. Ethical Principles in Clinical Research
3. Integrity in Research: Principles for the Conduct of Research
4. Institutional Review Boards
5. The Regulation of Drugs and Biological Products by the Food and Drug Administration
6. International Regulation of Drugs and Biological Products
7. Data Management in Clinical Trials
8. Data and Safety Monitoring
9. Unanticipated Risk in Clinical Research
10. Legal Issues
11. Inclusion of Women and Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research
12. Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs
13. The Role and Importance of Clinical Trials Registries
14. The Clinical Researcher and the Media
15. Clinical Research: A Patient Perspective
Part II - Biostatistics and Epidemiology
16. Design of Observational Studies
17. Design of Interventional Studies and Trials
18. Issues in Randomization
19. Hypothesis Testing
20. Power and Sample Size Calculations
21. An Introduction to Survival Analysis
22. Intermediate Topics in Biostatistics
23. Measures of Function and Health-Related Quality of Life
24. Large Clinical Trials and Registries: Clinical Research Institutes
25. Meta-analysis of Clinical Trials
26. Using Large Datasets for Population-based Health Research
27. Development and Conduct of Studies
Part III - Technology Transfer, Protocol Development, and Sources of Funding Support for Research
28. Overview of Technology Development and Technology Transfer
29. Writing a Protocol
30. Evaluating a Protocol Budget
31. Clinical Research Data: Characteristics, Representation, Storage and Retrieval
32. Management of Patient Samples and Specimens
33. Getting the Funding You Need to Support Your Research: Navigating the National Institutes of Health Peer Review Process
34. Clinical Research from the Industry Perspective
35. Philanthropy's Role in Advancing Biomedical Research
Part IV - Clinical Research Infrastructure
36. Managing Clinical Risk and Measuring Participants' Perceptions of the Clinical Research Process
37. Clinical Pharmacology and its Role in Pharmaceutical Development
38. Career Paths in Clinical Research
39. Clinical Research Nursing: A New Domain of Practice
40. Issues and Challenges for Clinical Research in International Settings
41. The Role of Comparative Effectiveness Research
42. The Importance and Use of Electronic Health Records in Clinical Research
43. Informational Resources for the Clinical Researcher
