Introduction to clinical trials and other types of clinical research, bias and random error in clinical studies, overview of Phase I-IV trials, multi-center trials; randomized, controlled clinical trials; concept of blinding/masking in clinical trials.
Design of Phase 1-3 clinical trials: parallel vs. cross-over designs, cross-sectional vs. longitudinal designs, review of factorial designs, objectives and endpoints of clinical trials, formulation of appropriate hypotheses (equivalence, non-inferiority, etc.); sample size calculation; design for bioequivalence/ bioavailability trials, sequential stopping in clinical trials.
Analysis of Phase 1-3 trials: Use of generalized linear models; analysis of categorical outcomes, Bayesian and non-parametric methods; analysis of survival data from clinical trials Epidemiological studies: case-control and cohort designs; odds ratio and relative risk; logistic and multiple regression models.
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