Clinical Trials in Neurology

Clinical Trials in Neurology comprehensively tackles the methodology and design of clinical trials in neurological disease. A general section deals with the ethical aspects, drug development and regulatory requirements, basic trial designs and the statistics used. A diseases section tackles specific...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Guiloff, Roberto J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 2001, 2001
Edition:1st ed. 2001
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 32 Multiple Sclerosis: Experience with Large Clinical Trials
  • 33 Motor Neurone Disease: Ethics, Outcome Variables and Clinical Scales
  • 34 Motor Neurone Disease: Basic Designs, Sample Sizes and Pitfalls
  • 35 Motor Neurone Disease: Experience with Large Multicentre Trials
  • 36 Peripheral Neuropathies: Controlled Clinical Trials
  • 37 Peripheral Neuropathies: Experience with Large Multicentre Trials
  • 38 Disorders of the Neuromuscular Junction: Outcome Measures and Clinical Scales
  • 39 Myasthenia Gravis: Basic Designs, Sample Sizes and Pitfalls
  • 40 Myopathies: Ethics, Outcome Variables and Clinical Scales
  • 41 Myopathies: Basic Designs, Sample Sizes and Pitfalls
  • 18 Clinical Trials in Stroke Prevention in North America
  • 19 Cerebrovascular Disease: Experience Within Large Multicentre Trials
  • 20 Epilepsy: Ethics, Outcome Variables and Clinical Scales
  • 21 Epilepsy: Basic Designs, Sample Sizes and Experience with Large Multicentre Trials
  • 22 Headache: Ethics, Outcome Variables and Clinical Studies
  • 23 Headache: Basic Trial Designs, Sample Sizes and Pitfalls
  • 24 Headache: Experience with Large Multicenter Trials in the Treatment of Migraine Attacks
  • 25 Parkinson’s Disease: Outcome Variables and Clinical Scales
  • 26 Parkinson’s Disease: A Review of Drug Trials
  • 27 Parkinson’s Disease: Experience with Large Multicentre Trials
  • 28 Tremor: Clinical Measurement of Impairment, Disability and Handicap
  • 29 Tremor: Natural Behaviour, Trial Design and Physiological Outcome Measures
  • 30 Multiple Sclerosis: Ethics, Outcome Variables and Clinical Scales
  • 31 Multiple Sclerosis: Study Design, Sample Sizes and Pitfalls
  • 1 Ethical Considerations
  • 2 Assessment Measures and Clinical Scales
  • 3 Ethics, Outcome Variables and Clinical Scales: The Clinician’s Point of View
  • 4 The Cochrane Collaboration Reviews in Neurology
  • 5 Drug Development Stages
  • 6 Drug Regulatory Requirements in the United Kingdom and Europe
  • 7 Drug Regulatory Requirements in the United States
  • 8 Quality Control and Data Monitoring: A Guide To Good Clinical Practice
  • 9 Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials in Neurology
  • 10 Analysis of Results: Statistical Principles
  • 11 Survival Analysis
  • 12 The Intention-to-Treat Principle for Clinical Trials
  • 13 Statistical Analysis of Repeated-Measures Data with Drop-outs
  • 14 The Role of Meta-analyses in Clinical Research: Uses and Limitations
  • 15 Outcome Variables in Dementia Trials: Conceptual and Practical Issues
  • 16 Dementia: Trial Design and Experience with Large Multicentre Trials
  • 17 Cerebrovascular Disease: Basic Designs, Sample Sizes and Pitfalls