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ReviewJournal of the Royal Society of Medicine2007

Insights into how to conduct a clinical trial in the UK.

Khalid Abozguia, Thanh Trung Phan, Ganesh Nallur Shivu, Abdul Maher, Ibrar Ahmed, Michael P Frenneaux

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Review in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Khalid AbozguiaDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. abozguia@gmail.com
Thanh Trung Phan
Ganesh Nallur Shivu
Abdul Maher
Ibrar Ahmed
Michael P Frenneaux

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

New researchers may find starting and conducting clinical studies in the UK complicated and time-consuming. In this article, we describe our collective experiences and provide some pointers on how to navigate through the various committees and regulatory bodies. The article is intended to aid junior researchers in understanding the study process and to provide them with some insight on how to get through this complex system successfully.

Indexed as

Clinical Trials as TopicEthics Committees, ResearchGovernment RegulationHumansResearch DesignUnited Kingdom

Identifiers

PMID17911130
PMCPMC1997262

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