Trial Steering Committees in randomised controlled trials: A survey of registered clinical trials units to establish current practice and experiences

Clinical Trials

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 664-676

  Conroy, Elizabeth J ^a   Harman, Nicola L ^a   Lane, J Athene ^b   Lewis, Steff C ^c   Murray, Gordon ^c   Norrie, John ^d   Sydes, Matt R ^e   Gamble, Carrol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical trial; clinical trials unit; oversight committee; randomised controlled trial; trial steering committee; Trials

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; CONSENSUS; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CONSENSUS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84947076569     PISSN: 17407745     EISSN: 17407753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1740774515589959     Document Type: Article

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