scholarly journals A structured approach to choosing estimands and estimators in longitudinal clinical trials

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 456-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. Mallinckrodt ◽  
Q. Lin ◽  
I. Lipkovich ◽  
G. Molenberghs
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-272 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma C. Tallantyre ◽  
Nikos Evangelou ◽  
Clare Bale ◽  
Burhan Z. Chaudhry ◽  
Emma H. Gray ◽  
...  

There is a growing need for patient and public involvement (PPI) to inform the way that research is developed and performed. International randomized controlled trials are particularly likely to benefit from PPI, but guidance is lacking on how or when it should be incorporated. In this article, we describe the PPI process that occurred during the design and initiation of an international treatment clinical trial in MS. PPI was incorporated using a structured approach, aiming to minimize bias and achieve equivalence in study design, implementation, and interpretation. Methods included PPI representation within the study research team, and the use of focus groups, analyzed using thematic framework analysis. We report the outcomes of PPI and make recommendations on its use in other neurology clinical trials. By sharing our model for PPI, we aim to maximize effectiveness of future public involvement and to allow its effect to be better evaluated.


2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 899-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. D. Kruizinga ◽  
F. E. Stuurman ◽  
V. Exadaktylos ◽  
R. J. Doll ◽  
D. T. Stephenson ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
D. C. Swartzendruber ◽  
Norma L. Idoyaga-Vargas

The radionuclide gallium-67 (67Ga) localizes preferentially but not specifically in many human and experimental soft-tissue tumors. Because of this localization, 67Ga is used in clinical trials to detect humar. cancers by external scintiscanning methods. However, the fact that 67Ga does not localize specifically in tumors requires for its eventual clinical usefulness a fuller understanding of the mechanisms that control its deposition in both malignant and normal cells. We have previously reported that 67Ga localizes in lysosomal-like bodies, notably, although not exclusively, in macrophages of the spocytaneous AKR thymoma. Further studies on the uptake of 67Ga by macrophages are needed to determine whether there are factors related to malignancy that might alter the localization of 67Ga in these cells and thus provide clues to discovering the mechanism of 67Ga localization in tumor tissue.


2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A284-A284
Author(s):  
B NAULT ◽  
S SUE ◽  
J HEGGLAND ◽  
S GOHARI ◽  
G LIGOZIO ◽  
...  

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A410-A410
Author(s):  
T KOVASC ◽  
R ALTMAN ◽  
R JUTABHA ◽  
G OHNING

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