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About the Course

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....

Top reviews

SS

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 Jonathan R

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Dec 31, 2020

Good foundation into Clinical Trials

By Martha R M E

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Sep 1, 2020

I learnt a lot, thank you very much!

By Vasudha R

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Apr 27, 2020

Thank you for the detailed lectures.

By Kocfa C

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Nov 13, 2016

Wonderful course, excellent content!

By Tania C A

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Jun 5, 2022

Me agradó bastante y aprendí mucho.

By Lilia F

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Nov 2, 2020

Very interesting and informational.

By Chukwuma O

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Jun 25, 2020

Extremely useful, really well done!

By Cristina P

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Apr 8, 2020

Very interesting and useful course.

By Mayank P

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Oct 9, 2016

Thanks for such a wonderful course.

By Astghik M

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May 7, 2021

Great course, highly recommend it!

By Thiago C

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Apr 4, 2021

Great course. Really recommend it.

By Michael K

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Oct 12, 2020

Comprehensive & Easy to understand

By Johannes K

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Mar 19, 2020

I can fully recommend this Course!

By Nusrath I

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Jul 31, 2023

It's a great experience to learn.

By Mikhail K

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Aug 2, 2020

An excellent introductory course!

By Jennifer D

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Jun 21, 2018

Very thorough and well-explained!

By Manshi P

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Jun 5, 2020

It was a very informative course

By Tayyab M K

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May 8, 2020

awesome course for researchers .

By Rohit S R

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Oct 13, 2019

test were hard but time was good

By Chandni B

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Mar 13, 2021

VERY GOOD INTRODUCTION COURSE !

By Yuan L

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Apr 21, 2020

Comprehensive and informational

By Anaïs F

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Mar 23, 2017

Very well, lot of information !

By Manisha D

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Aug 30, 2022

awesome! I feel i learnt alot

By Nicole D

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Dec 27, 2021

Well written and well taught!

By c_coursera

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Oct 15, 2023

Very enlightening. Thank you.