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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

CC

Jun 5, 2020

I would highly recommend this course as I found it well-structured and helpful. After studying all the materials, I gained a great amount of knowledge in designing and interpretating clinical trail.

TS

Jul 4, 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 Evgeny S

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Sep 4, 2018

This is a very good course to form a broad knowledge in clinical trial design

By Surya P V

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May 21, 2020

It is an excellent course that enriched my understanding of clinical trials!

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Mar 28, 2018

This has been a very helpful venture for my Public Health career. Thank you.

By Yijun C

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Oct 20, 2016

very informative course. give me a overall picture of clinical trial design.

By carmen v

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Jul 17, 2022

Great course, the 3 firsts lessons are the most tedious, but very helpfull.

By Sergio R

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May 19, 2020

Excelente curso para conocer los principios básicos sobre ensayos clínicos.

By Sudeep K G

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Dec 12, 2019

The course was very extensive and informative and useful for all. Thank you

By Dai Y

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Nov 14, 2019

Very good experience and thorough detailed explanation of clinical trails!!

By Sixtus A

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Jan 31, 2019

A great introductory course in clinical trials; designs and interpretation.

By Roberta B

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Nov 2, 2018

A very good course: useful information explained in a clear and simple way.

By Tushar a

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Jun 1, 2020

Excellent course to enhance your knowledge about clinical research methods

By Dorsaf

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May 26, 2020

Fantastic way to learn more about clinical trials. Certification worth it.

By Lizeth M

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Jan 10, 2022

It is a very interesting course that has help me a lot in my career life.

By JOMON N

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Aug 23, 2021

Excellent Course that covers all areas of clinical trials. Well explained

By Anamarija M

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May 17, 2020

a very useful course, it provides basic information for clinical studies.

By Tyrnnon S

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Jan 15, 2020

Really helpful course to take as an introduction to clinical trial design

By Gaye T

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Nov 25, 2019

It was very informative and easy to access, follow and complete course :)

By Ana B C S

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Jun 8, 2018

Good way to get closer to Clinical trials and learn the basis about them.

By Diptiman C

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Sep 27, 2020

It a great course for some interested in learning about clinical trials.

By jinjie c

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Nov 29, 2019

Wonderful Course! I really gained a lot from this course!! Appreciate it

By Bharath K

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Jun 18, 2016

The course really deals with great insights of randomized clinical trial

By sonia y

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May 9, 2020

This course is really helpful to know about randomized clinical trials.

By Jialiang L

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Apr 14, 2022

Very helpful for a starter to understand the basis of clinical trials.

By Alan A A T

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Mar 27, 2021

Very usefull course for students who want to start in clinical trials.

By Miguel A

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Dec 15, 2019

Excellent free option to engage in better appraisal of clinical trials