logo.gif The leading source for professional development COURSES in statistics
 ÖÐÎÄ Course Login
Home > Our Courses >



Clinical Trials-Practicum 2 (Drug Trials)

Dr. Sharayu Paranjpe and Dr. Anil Gore

Aim of Course:

This course provides additional practical work with actual clinical trial data.

Who Should Take This Course:

Analysts responsible for designing, implementing or analyzing clinical trials.

For those enrolled in a Program of Advanced Statistical Studies, this is a required or elective course in the following Programs:

  • Biostatistics (controlled trials) - required

Course Program:

The course is structured as follows

SESSION 1: Inference for Pharmocokinetic (PK) data
  • Normality testing of PK parameters
  • Transformations for achieving normality
  • Parametric and non-parametric tests
SESSION 2: Analysis of Dose-Response Data
  • Testing of dose proportionality in power model
  • Other Issues (Fitting of non-linear models was discussed in week 4 of Practicum 1)
SESSION 3: Bioequivalence Studies-Parallel Design
  • Statistical equality vs. clinical equivalence
  • Tolerance limits
  • Point hypothesis
  • Interval hypothesis
SESSION 4: Bioequivalence Studies-2 x 2 (crossover) design
  • Parallel vs. crossover design
  • 2 x 2
  • Sub-hypotheses
    • carryover effect
    • period effect
    • formulation effect

The Instructor:

Dr. Sharayu Paranjpe is a Principal Statistician at Vislation Inc., a subsidiary of CYTEL, a statistical software and services company based in Boston, MA. Currently she supervises the statistical analyses of about 25 statisticians who work on clinical trials that are conducted in different parts of the world by various multinational pharmaceutical companies. She has over 25 years teaching experience. She is author of ClinStat: Statistical Analysis of Clinical Trial Data(forthcoming), A Course in Mathematical and Statistical Ecology, and has also written or co-written dozens of articles in peer-previewed journals.

Dr. Anil Gore is Vice President of Statistical Services at Vislation Inc, a subsidiary of CYTEL, a statistical software and services company based in Boston, MA. He co-ordinates training, analysis, consulting and research activities in the field of clinical trials. His current work involves modeling patient recruitment in clinical trials. He is co-author of the classic Statistical Analysis of Nonnormal Data, and has also written Numeracy for Everyone(forthcoming) and A Course in Mathematical and Statistical Ecology. Dr. Gore has a special interest in statistical ecology and is the author of several dozen articles in peer-previewed journals.

Organization of the Course:

The course takes place over the internet, at statistics.com. During each course week, you participate at times of your own choosing - there are no set times when you must be online. Course participants will be given access to a private discussion board. In class discussions led by the instructor, you can post questions, seek clarification, and interact with your fellow students and the instructor. The course is scheduled to take place over 4 weeks, and typically requires 15 hours per week. At the beginning of each week, you receive the relevant material, in addition to answers to exercises from the previous session. During the week, you are expected to go over the course materials and work through exercises. Discussion among participants is encouraged. The instructor will provide answers and comments.

Certificates and Grades:

You may be interested only in learning the material presented, and not be concerned with grades or certificates. Or you may be enrolled in a statistics.com Program in Advanced Statistical Studies that requires demonstration of proficiency in the subject, in which case your work will be assessed for purposes of issuing a grade. Or you may require only a "Certificate of Course Completion," along with professional development credit in the form of Continuing Education Units (CEU's). As you begin the class, you will be asked to specify your category.

Credit:

This course offers continuing education units (CEU's). For those successfully completing the course (generally this means marks of 50% or better on the homework), 5.0 CEU's and a certificate will be issued by statistics.com, upon request.

Dates:

Mar. 26 - Apr. 23, 2010
Click here to be notified of future course offerings.

Participants gain access to the online materials on the first day of the course, and typically spend about 15 hours per week (at their convenience). You retain full access to course materials, including discussion board, for two weeks after the course closing date.

Level:

intermediate

Prerequisite:

The equivalent of Introduction to Statistical Issues in Clinical Trials and Clinical Trials - Practicum 1.

Course Text:

TBA

Registration:

Register Online - $469
Register Online (academic) - $369 (you must be affiliated with a college, university or high school)

Add $50 service fee if you require a prior invoice, or if you need to submit a purchase order or voucher, pay by wire transfer or EFT, or refund and reprocess a prior payment. Please use this printed registration form, for these and other special orders.

Consider registering for this course together with two other Clinical Trials courses as part of our special 3 course package registration for tuition savings.

Note: Courses may fill up at any time and registrations are processed in the order in which they are received. Your registration will be confirmed for the first available course date, unless you specify otherwise.

© statistics.com 2004-2009 Privacy Policy | Contact Us