by Steven Piantadosi (Editor), Curtis L. Meinert (Editor)
This
is a comprehensive major reference work for our SpringerReference
program covering clinical trials. Although the core of the Work will
focus on the design, analysis, and interpretation of scientific data
from clinical trials, a broad spectrum of clinical trial application
areas will be covered in detail. This is an important time to develop
such a Work, as drug safety and efficacy emphasizes the Clinical Trials
process. Because of an immense and growing international disease
burden, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies continue to develop
new drugs. Clinical trials have also become extremely globalized in the
past 15 years, with over 225,000 international trials ongoing at this
point in time.
Principles in Practice of Clinical Trials is truly an interdisciplinary that will be divided into the following areas:
1) Clinical Trials Basic Perspectives
2) Regulation and Oversight
3) Basic Trial Designs
4) Advanced Trial Designs
5) Analysis
6) Trial Publication
7) Topics Related Specific Populations and Legal Aspects of Clinical Trials
The
Work is designed to be comprised of 175 chapters and approximately 2500
pages. The Work will be oriented like many of our SpringerReference
Handbooks, presenting detailed and comprehensive expository chapters on
broad subjects. The Editors are major figures in the field of clinical
trials, and both have written textbooks on the topic. There will also be
a slate of 7-8 renowned associate editors that will edit individual
sections of the Reference.
