Dictionary for Clinical Trials

This dictionary clearly explains the clinical trial terms likely to be found in trial protocols, reports, regulatory guidelines and published manuscripts. Definitions, often used in regulatory guidelines, have been simplified and are free from jargon. Defines over 2700 words and short phrases commonly used in clinical trials Scope includes medical, statistical, epidemiological, ethical, regulatory and data management terminology Extensively cross-referenced Illustrated with line figures Wide ranging and succinct, the Dictionary for Clinical Trials is the essential pocket reference guide for all those working in clinical trials, including clinicians, statisticians and those within the pharmaceutical industry, as well as ethics committees and grant-awarding organisations.