Johns Hopkins University
Clinical Trials Analysis, Monitoring, and Presentation
Johns Hopkins University

Clinical Trials Analysis, Monitoring, and Presentation

This course is part of Clinical Trials Operations Specialization

Taught in English

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Janet Holbrook, PhD, MPH
Elizabeth A. Sugar, PhD
David M. Shade, JD

Instructors: Janet Holbrook, PhD, MPH

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

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4 hours (approximately)
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What you'll learn

  • Calculate clinical trial sample size

  • Monitor clinical trial performance

  • Analyze results from clinical trials

  • Communicate results from clinical trials

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Course

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

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There are 5 modules in this course

Sample size calculation in clinical trials refers to the process for determining how large a trial needs to be in order to have a reasonable expectation of detecting a difference between groups. The end result of the sample size calculation should be an estimate of the number of observations.

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3 videos1 reading1 quiz

In this module, you’ll learn about trial monitoring, which involves statistical methods to assess a trial while it is underway. These methods are used to assess safety, integrity, efficacy, recruitment, data collection, and data quality.

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4 videos1 quiz

Skilled communication of your clinical trial results is critical to ensuring that your efforts have the intended impact. In this module, you’ll learn the best practices for reporting results in both journal publications and in data monitoring reports.

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4 videos1 quiz

Analysts play an important role throughout the trial, not just at the end. In this module, you’ll learn about the analyst’s role, including how the analyst contributes to the trial at every stage of the process.

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5 videos1 quiz

In this module, you’ll learn about some advanced operational functions that should be in your trial team’s toolkit, including simulations, adaptive designs, and Bayesian statistics.

What's included

3 videos1 reading1 quiz

Instructors

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4.8 (16 ratings)
Janet Holbrook, PhD, MPH
Johns Hopkins University
4 Courses153,352 learners
Elizabeth A. Sugar, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
2 Courses12,671 learners

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