A collection of useful documents

This collection contains the following:



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Trial Protocol Tool resource icon CONSORT statement , CONSORT statement text from 3rd edition of Clinical Epidemiology and a CONSORT diagram template

This is a set of recommendations that aim to improve the reporting of randomised, controlled trials.  This CONSORT statement text has been contributed by Dave Sackett, who prepared it for the forthcoming 3rd edition of Clinical Epidemiology; A Basic Science for Answering Questions about Health Care, to be published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins in 2005.


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Trial Protocol Tool resource iconThe Declaration of Helsinki

World Medical Association has prepared the a set of recommendations as a guide to every physician in biomedical research involving human subjects.


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Web resource iconCochrane Collaboration Methods Groups - Overview of systematic methodology reviews of the design and conduct of randomized trials and systematic reviews of healthcare interventions

This overview of reviews aims to support Practihc guidance for designing pragmatic randomized trials; to inform future revisions of the CONSORT guidelines for reporting randomized trials; to inform guidelines for conducting and reporting systematic reviews; and to inform decisions about priorities for Cochrane methodology reviews.


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Web resource icon The ICH General Considerations for Clinical Trials

A document giving general advice for the conduct of clinical trials.


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Web resource icon ICH Statistical Principles for Clinical Trials

A link to a document giving general statistical advice for clinical trials.


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Web resource icon The ICH Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice

A document giving general advice relevant for clinical trials.  Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is an international ethical and scientific quality standard for designing, conducting, recording and reporting trials that involve the participation of human subjects. Compliance with this standard provides public assurance that the rights, safety and well-being of trial subjects are protected, consistent with the principles that have their origin in the Declaration of Helsinki, and that the clinical trial data are credible.


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Web resource icon Standard Operating Procedures for Clinical Investigators

A document giving general advice for the conduct of clinical trials.


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Trial Protocol Tool resource icon Ethical issues for trials in developing countries with special reference to preventive HIV vaccine trials

A document giving ethical advice for the conduct of clinical trials in low- and middle income countries countries.


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Web resource icon Guidelines for trials in South Africa

A document giving guidance for good practice for the conduct of clinical trials with human participants in South Africa.


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This page was last updated 30th January 2008.