Setting up a respiratory trials unit.
Clinical trials are essential in advancing our knowledge and treatment of patients with respiratory disease. Conducting well-designed clinical studies which accurately and reliably answer important clinical questions is challenging. The expertise required to deliver such studies is increasingly concentrated in clinical trials units. This article will describe some of the challenges associated with clinical studies and the methods and personnel involved in a clinical trials unit.
UKCRC Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, Oxford Centrefor Respiratory Medicine, Churchill Hospital Site, OxfordRadcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK. naj_rahman@yahoo.co.uk
Najib M
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Rahman
Melissa
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Dobson
Robert J O
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Davies
D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine; D012107:Research Design