Palliative Care Intensives in Clinical Trials
Stay tuned for a new call for applications Fall 2021.
Stay tuned for a new call for applications Fall 2021.
This three-day intensive will provide a foundation in practical aspects involving the conduct of randomized clinical trials. It is designed for early career researchers or other mid-career researchers and health professionals interested in developing competence in the planning, design, and execution of randomized clinical trials in persons with serious illness. Instruction will include a combination of focused lectures, demonstrations, individual and group consultations with experts in the field, and intensive small group work.
The curriculum will enable participants to:
- Describe the principles underlying the conduct of clinical trials.
- Identify the unique challenges posed by clinical trials conducted in palliative care.
- Evaluate RCT designs in terms of their appropriateness for palliative care populations.
- Identify optimal measures for clinical trials.
- Select appropriate strategies for enrollment, randomization, and retention.
- Understand methods for monitoring, coordinating, and conducting clinical trials
- Develop basic strategies for appropriate statistical analyses.
- Design a palliative care clinical trial with your small group.
- Reflect on responding to NIH summary statements.
- Build community among palliative care researchers conducting research in palliative care.
Please stay tuned in the fall for future Clinical Trials Intensive opportunities.