Applied Clinical Trials
March 01, 2005
Feature Article
During the past decade, spending on patient recruitment programs has grown 16% annually. In that same period, volunteer randomization rates have declined.
March 01, 2005
Feature Article
The benefits of clinical site networks may outweigh the costs when sponsors consider the enhanced quality and timeliness as well as potential impact on enrollment.
March 01, 2005
Feature Article
Meeting today's drug development challenges by better preparing study coordinators
March 01, 2005
Guest Commentary
A simple game of chance clears up the confusion over what randomization can and cannot do.
March 01, 2005
A Closing Thought
Informed consent takes place in the brain. While that seems obvious, the implications of that statement go much deeper. To a great extent, both bioethics and federal policy are based on 17th century assumptions by philosophers such as Descartes-who knew nothing of the structure and function of the brain.
March 01, 2005
Feature Article
The Declaration of Helsinki requires that control groups receive the “best” current treatment, not the “local” one. This shift in wording has profound implications.
March 01, 2005
View from Brussels
Will the new pediatric and ethics initiatives receive enough funding to make them truly work?
March 01, 2005
From the Editor
A challenge that intersects the global community
March 01, 2005
View from Washington
New policies aim to simplify testing for single-pill combos and products that combine drugs with medical devices.