Large Simple Trials and Knowledge Generation in a Learning Health System: Workshop Summary

by Forum on Drug Discovery Development and Translation, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Institute of Medicine, et al.

Randomized clinical trials (RCTs) are often referred to as the gold standard of clinical research. However, in its current state, the U.S. clinical trials enterprise faces substantial challenges to the efficient and effective conduct of research. Streamlined approaches to RCTs, such as large simple trials (LSTs), may provide opportunities for progress on these challenges. Clinical trials support the development of new medical products and the evaluation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309289114
• ISBN13: 9780309289115
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.9"