Clinical Trials: A Practical Approach

by Stuart J. Pocock

This comprehensive, unified text on the principles and practice of clinical trials presents a detailed account of how to conduct the trials. It describes the design, analysis, and interpretation of clinical trials in a non-technical manner and provides a general perspective on their historical development, current status, and future strategy. Features examples derived from the author's personal experience.

280 pages, Hardcover

First published January 20, 1984

Reviews

[Eva Therese · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very thorough exposition of everything you could want to know about clinical trials. Except, ironically, the thing I was actually interested in knowing about, which is filing and documentation.
Still, very interesting read, especially because of all the case studies. No matter what Pocock is talking about, he has at least one case handy to explain what he means and help make it all feel very common-sense. The parts about the history of clinical trials and what came before were in particular fascinating.
The book is from 83, so there's not a lot about using computer programs to help with the different aspects of the tests. Which is a shame, because I'm sure Pocock would have had a lot to say about it.

Obviously, even a whole book can't explain every aspect of clinical trials, but there's a lot of suggestions for further reading in the text itself, if you want to know more about a certain subject.

[Judith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Commonly referred to as the "Bible" of Clinical Trials, this is essential reading for anyone who is currently involved, or hoping to become involved in clinical research. Don't be fooled by the copyright date. The information is timeless and relevant to the work we do it today. Whether you use it as a primer or a reference tool, every research professional should make room on their shelf for this classic.