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Clinical trials are experiments designed to evaluate new interventions to prevent or treat disease in humans. The interventions evaluated can be drugs, devices (e.g., hearing aid), surgeries, behavioral interventions (e.g., smoking cessation program), community health programs (e.g. cancer screening programs) or health delivery systems (e.g., special care units for hospital admissions). We consider clinical trials experiments because the investigators rather than the patients or their doctors select the treatment the patients receive. Results from randomized clinical trials are usually considered the highest level of evidence for determining whether a treatment is effective because trials incorporates features to ensure that evaluation of the benefits and risks of treatments are objective and unbiased. The FDA requires that drugs or biologics (e.g., vaccines) are shown to be effective in clinical trials before they can be sold in the US. The course will explain the basic principles for design of randomized clinical trials and how they should be reported. In the first part of the course, students will be introduced to terminology used in clinical trials and the several common designs used for clinical trials, such as parallel and cross-over designs. We will also explain some of the mechanics of clinical trials, like randomization and blinding of treatment. In the second half of the course, we will explain how clinical trials are analyzed and interpreted. Finally, we will review the essential ethical consideration involved in conducting experiments on people....

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Feb 25, 2023

awesome detailedoverviwe of clinical trials. it gave me a new insight. Improved chances of my job selection in the field. I improved on subject a lot during the course. Thank you teachers and coursera

TS

Jul 3, 2018

High quality course ! covering important areas and detailed lectures, more and better than a mere introduction. Congrats ! My only regret : I'd have liked to hear more about NI and equivalence trials

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By Ricardo A M O

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Aug 6, 2017

A very good course. I highly recommend it!

By Muhammad N A

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Oct 2, 2021

great oppurtunity and learning keep it up

By Sanjaya C

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Apr 22, 2018

Very informative course for the beginners

By Mindaugas Z

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Nov 7, 2020

Simple course but very good for beginers

By Daniela H

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Sep 29, 2020

Muy clara la información. Muy buen curso

By MASIHUDDIN

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Aug 12, 2020

Very Informative and Interesting Course.

By Taraka R

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Jul 30, 2020

Excellent course for practice clinically

By Ranganathan P

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Jun 8, 2019

Excellent course, as usual from Stanford

By محمد ط م خ

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Nov 8, 2016

well designed course and fair evaluation

By Prashanth M

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Nov 1, 2022

Good Experience and Knowledgeful course

By Emese B

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Jun 1, 2016

Informative course also for clinicians!

By Svitlana K

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Jun 16, 2021

Excellent Course! Thank you very much!

By Dr. S T

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Nov 22, 2020

nice and effective learning plate form

By CHAN E C

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Nov 21, 2020

Very Good introduction for a beginner.

By HR M

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Jul 13, 2020

I learned a lot about clinical trials!

By Vanessa P A

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Jan 28, 2020

Amazing content, beautifuly explained.

By Emilio C S J

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Mar 20, 2021

I was very satisfied with the course.

By Peter P

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Feb 7, 2021

Excellent course! Highly recommended!

By Zhi M

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Feb 1, 2021

Very good course, strongly recommend!

By Petre M

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Mar 21, 2019

Useful and interesting course for me.

By Ralph T

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Oct 20, 2017

The course was engaging and on topic.

By Sally M A E

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Oct 10, 2016

amazing and I have understand it tota

By Dr. V K A

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Aug 4, 2022

Course is very useful and excellenat

By Ehsan M

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May 18, 2021

Succinct, practical and informative!

By Dilki T

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Feb 12, 2021

I learned a lot. thank you very much