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John Kim. Randomized Controlled Trial 1. Why RCT? Human experiments 4. Descriptive, case-control and cohort no action is taken. The epidemiologist observe only the natural course of event. Last, 9. Design of a randomized trial Hierarchy of Epidemiologic Study Design Basic steps of RCT 1.
The protocol 2. Selecting reference and experimental populations 3. Randomization 4. Intervention 5. Follow up 6. Assessment Population hierarchy for intervention study Reference population Experimental population Exclusion criteria Informed consent Excluded Refused Study population Intervention group Control group Outcome Losses to follow-up Losses to follow-up Random allocation The protocol - Rationale - Aims and objectives, Research questions - Design of the study: selection of study and control groups - Ethics: patient consent, adverse events - Documentation - Procedure 17 Selecting Reference and Experimental Populations a.
Reference or target population - population to which the findings of the trial, if found successful, are expected to be applicable eg. Those who received the treatment under study are changed to the control group therapy or placebo, and vice versa. Clinical trials 2. Preventive trials 3. Risk factor trials 4. Cessation experiment 5. Trial of etiological agents 6. Evaluation of health services 7. Community intervention trials Health outcomes include any biomedical or health-related measures obtained in patients or participants, including pharmacokinetic measures and adverse events.
Phase I clinical trial 2. Phase II clinical trial 3. Phase III clinical trial 4. Phase IV clinical trial To recruit necessary number of subjects within a reasonable time. May assure a more representative sample of the study or target population 3. Enables investigators with similar interest and skills to work together on a common problem Eg: Trial of whooping cough vaccines, Caries vaccine.
Ex: Development of retrolental fibroplasia RLF in premature babies exposed to oxygen Typical examples of such trials include: 1. Evaluating the need for a service, i. Community diagnosis assessment or evaluation of needs 2. Evaluating the design of a health service design evaluation 3. Evaluating the performance or efficiency of the process of delivery of the services efficiency or process evaluation Evaluating the effectiveness and impact of the programme or procedure effectiveness or impact evaluation 5.
Relating the outcome to the input and constraints of the programme system evaluation including cost-benefit analysis. If two agents work equally well, the treatment that is less expensive, better tolerated, or more easily administered, may be preferable to use. Assessing the quality of reports on randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary? Controlled Clin Trials; It offers a standard way for authors to prepare reports of trial findings, facilitating their complete and transparent reporting, and aiding their critical appraisal and interpretation.
The checklist items focus on reporting how the trial was designed, analyzed, and interpreted; the flow diagram displays the progress of all participants through the trial. Individual investigators or doctors may have personal beliefs about the benefits of a new intervention. Those beliefs may prevent those investigators from participating in or entering into a clinical trial. The nature of informed consent may differ in different countries and cultures, but the concept of individual choice to join or not join a trial must be universal Nuremberg Code ; World Medical Association etc.
Fifth Edn. Detels, Beaglehole, Lansang, Gulliford. Daly, Batchelor, Treasure, Watt. Study design In trials with randomized and controlled design e. Randomization In RCTs the patients are randomly assigned to the different study groups. Box Stratified randomization. Blinding Bias is avoided not only by randomization but also by blinding. Analysis population The data subjected to statistical analysis in RCTs are those gathered from patient populations defined in the study protocol.
Open in a separate window. Quality standards and legal requirements in Germany Clinical trials have to be performed according to national and international regulations. Discussion Any publication of an RCT must lucidly describe the planning, conduct, and analysis of the study. Table 2 Minimal requirements for a publication reporting a randomized controlled trial adapted from [ 23 ]. Study design Description of study design e. Conclusion RCTs are the best type of study for determining whether there is a causal relationship between intervention and effect Key Messages In clinical research, randomized controlled trials are the gold standard for demonstrating the efficacy and safety of a new treatment.
Acknowledgments Translated from the original German by David Roseveare. Footnotes Conflict of interest statement The authors declare that no conflict of interest exists. References 1. Harbour R, Miller J. A new system for grading recommendations in evidence based guidelines. Meinert CL.
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External link. Please review our privacy policy. Description of study design e. Specification of inclusion and exclusion criteria for patients. Detailed account of treatments and their application in each intervention group and control group. Description of how the required number of study participants was determined. Description of type of randomization of patients to treatment groups e. Number of patients analyzed in each treatment group and definition of population for analysis e.
Presentation of the results for all primary and secondary endpoints for each treatment group. Details of all major adverse events for each treatment group. Discussion of the applicability of the study results to general patient care.
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