Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis

Download or read book Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis written by Derek Pearson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-27 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second revised and updated edition is a practical handbook on clinical trials in the growing field of osteoporosis. Topics covered include study design, technical issues, data collection, quality assurance, data analysis, and presentation. Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis takes the user through the process step-by-step from start to finish. It also provides a background on regulatory guidelines, ethical implications, endpoints, current therapies, and the ideal drug to use. It will serve as a practical manual for clinicians and scientists new to the subject and provide a standard for existing centers to measure themselves against.