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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

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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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By Frederick G

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Mar 3, 2018

I really enjoyed this course. Very clear lectures and materials, an excellent introduction to the subject.

By Maria J c

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Jul 29, 2020

Great course!! Teachers made the concepts very simple to learn, even if they are quite difficult subjects

By Imtiaz I A

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Jul 1, 2020

Indeed, a very helpful course! I was able to learn and improve my knowledge regarding the design of RCTs.

By Liliana B C

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Mar 12, 2016

Muy bueno! explican de la manera más sencilla los puntos principales de un Ensayo Clínico. Recomendable.

By Melina C

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Jan 3, 2024

I really enjoy it. The content is very well explained and the materials are appropriate for the topics.

By Bruno C

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Jun 28, 2021

Very well prepared course! Thank you for putting this information together and delivering it so nicely.

By BEYZA E

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Sep 29, 2020

This is really good course for beginners who interested in clinical trials. I really enjoyed. Thank you

By Gabriel R

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May 4, 2019

excellent if you are begining at the clinical trials world, or if you want to complement your knowledge

By Alexandra A

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Nov 27, 2022

The course is really good structured and provide a nice overview about the clinical trials in general!

By Erica S C

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Mar 20, 2021

This is a great overview of clinical trial design. I look forward to taking more from JHSchool of PH!

By abid a

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Feb 6, 2021

very useful for preparing and understanding trials protocol and reporting of clinical trials results.

By Omotola O

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Sep 15, 2020

Very in-depth and all encompassing for anyone looking to increase their knowledge of clinical trials.

By Keely H

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Jun 17, 2020

Excellent high-level overview of clinical trials including methodological and ethical considerations.

By Parul C

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May 4, 2020

It was a great course that provided detailed insights into the understanding of the clinical trials.

By Jurga B

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Dec 31, 2019

It was easy to follow lectures, gained much of knowledge, especially liked case studies of RCT and o

By ravi t

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Oct 27, 2019

This course is very interesting and I learn a lot about Design and Interpretation of clinical Trials

By AJOK B L

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Jul 9, 2021

Very insightful course. The facilitators are good with practical experiences. I enjoyed my learning

By Maria B

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Jul 29, 2020

Very interesting and rewarding, difficulties in translating some scientific terminology in Greek.

By Deepali D

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May 31, 2020

It was a perfectly paced course. This has definitely added to my knowledge about clinical trials.

By Keoni B

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Mar 18, 2018

Vvery informative, even though I had some difficulties, the lectures were not hard to understand.

By Stamatina T

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Dec 17, 2017

Great course! The terminology was well-explained and documented with examples and good material.

By Erica J

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Jun 27, 2016

Great course! This will help me in my graduate studies and future career. I have learned a lot.

By Martyna F

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Mar 17, 2021

Consise piece of information about clinical trials. Good examples and explication. I want more!

By SHALU C

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Sep 4, 2020

finally completed this course and have came through new topics and learned more and new thing

By shubham c

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Nov 14, 2020

The course was design so simple and elaborate . The examples were good and easy to understand.