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Annual Reports: A Time for Reflection

You do something annual every year, don’t you? – George Noory Is it time stop and think over the events previous year?  Quite possibly.  In the rush to keep things moving, it’s all too easy to not take the time … Continue reading

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Statistics and Statisticians in Clinical Trials – Beginning with the End in Mind

Cover of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Begin with the end in mind … is imagination–the ability to envision in your mind what you cannot at present see with your eyes. It is based on the principle that all … Continue reading

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Statistical Implications of Protocol Amendments

Clinical trial protocol amendments occur for good reasons. An unanticipated safety issue may arise, new information about the disease or treatment may suggest alterations, or recruitment and enrollment may not go as planned. One aspect of protocol amendments that often … Continue reading

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When Should You Write your Statistical Analysis Plans?

Recently in the LinkedIn Biostatistics group, one user asked: A client wants me to prepare final SAP [statistical analysis plan] shortly after protocol and CRFs are finalized for a Phase 3 trial, to submit to FDA prior to start of … Continue reading

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Analysis of FDA Guidance on Adaptive Designs

In February 2010, the FDA published a draft guidance on Adaptive Design Clinical Trials for Drugs and Biologics (“the guidance”). This highly anticipated guidance has come out in draft form 4 years after then FDA deputy commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb’s … Continue reading

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