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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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Dec 6, 2020

It really helped me to improve my knowledge about this topic!

By Turgan S

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Jan 12, 2021

Excellent class. Learned a lot in a very contemporary topic.

By Hamid F

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Sep 10, 2021

Very useful course by the management of Dr. Janet Holbrook.

By Eric A S

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Aug 11, 2020

Very interesting material, clearly and concisely presented.

By Chintan B

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Jul 29, 2017

Best course and nicely posted all videos and the material.

By Cliff

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Jul 8, 2017

Great course, easy to understand. Good point of referral.

By Jonathan P

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Jul 20, 2023

Excellent Teaching and Teachers too!Thank you very much!

By Mohammed S

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Jun 17, 2022

Excellent course which enriched my knowledge in research

By jose p m c

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Aug 14, 2020

great course, anyone in the Health field should take it.

By Jude C N

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Jun 22, 2020

This was an excellent, well delivered course. Thank you.

By Ernest K

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Aug 17, 2016

Great course. I am happy that I could participate.

Ernest

By Dr G K

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Sep 3, 2020

Excellant presentation and crisp sharing of knowledge..

By Vinusha G

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Aug 11, 2020

it was very helpful to learn Design and clinical trails

By MADHU M A

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Aug 3, 2020

thank you for these lectures, it was really very useful

By anahita e

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Apr 21, 2020

Presented in an engaging and easy to understand format.

By Vikram S

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Jan 25, 2021

Very interesting to learn about Clinical trial designs

By Karo L

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Oct 29, 2017

Great course! Lots of useful knowledge and real cases.

By Krystyna

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Apr 27, 2021

Very refreshing. A great introduction to the subject.

By Mike C

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Aug 17, 2017

Excellent learning resource! Thanks JHU and coursera!

By Leonardo Z

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Dec 26, 2016

I learned so much and am excited to take more classes

By Annette A

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May 30, 2016

Intresting and informative course for design of clini

By Ahmed S

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Nov 12, 2022

Verz Informative and good I really enjoyed all the

By nutthan n

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Dec 6, 2020

very useful for people who looking for study design

By Maruthi P

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Jul 2, 2020

Great course, every minute and penny spent is worth

By Malgorzata M

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Jan 29, 2017

Great time, I've learned a lot of new informations.