TY - BOOK AU - Piantadosi,Steven TI - Clinical trials: a methodologic perspective T2 - Wiley series in probability and statistics SN - 9781118959206 U1 - 000SB:610.72 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Hoboken, NJ : PB - John Wiley & Sons, KW - Clinical trials KW - Statistical methods N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Preliminaries -- 2. Clinical trials as research -- 3. Why clinical trials are ethical -- 4. Contexts for clinical trials -- 5. Measurement -- 6. Random error and bias -- 7. Statistical perspectives -- 8. Experimental designs in clinical trials -- 9. The trial cohort -- 10. Development paradigms -- 11. Translational clinical trials -- 12. Early development and dose-finding designs -- 13. Middle development -- 14. Comparative trials -- 15. Adaptive design features -- 16. Sample size and power -- 17. Treatment allocation -- 18. Treatment effects monitoring -- 19. Counting subjects and events -- 20. Estimating clinical effects -- 21. Prognostic factor analyses -- 22. Factorial designs -- 23. Crossover designs -- 24. Meta-analyses -- 25. Reporting and authorship -- 26. Misconduct and fraud in clinical research. Appendices. N2 - This Third Edition of the critically hailed Clinical Trials builds on the text's reputation as a straightforward and authoritative presentation of statistical methods for clinical trials ER -