02638cam a2200421 i 4500 rnd000000000047134 RAND 920212s1980 caua b 000 0 eng d 80028740 0833002899 RAND/R-2669-NIH (Sirsi) a188105 $23.00 paperback CstmoR CstmoR n-us--- R854.U5 H67 1980 Hopwood, Marsha D. author. The role of general clinical research centers in clinical trials : a characterization with recommendations / Marsha D. Hopwood, John C. Mabry, William L. Sibley. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 1980. xi, 51 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia unmediated n rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier volume nc rdacarrier "November 1980." Includes bibliographical references (p. 51). Reports the results of the second year of a two-year project to evaluate the role of NIH-supported General Clinical Research Centers (GCRCs) in clinical trials, with emphasis on information processing. GCRCs provide personnel and facility resources to support clinical research (including trials). Based on interviews with about 130 investigators and 75 support staff members, the authors recommended that the GCRCs should provide research data coordinators to support clinical trials; make biomedical scientists available in the GCRCs on a regular but limited consulting basis; augment the functional capabilities of the CLINFO data management and analysis system to include analysis of covariance, improved data editing, document tracking, sample size determination and randomization; provide a computerized nutrient database and diet calculation program for GCRC dietitians; provide fiscal management and word processing computer programs for GCRC administrative coordinators; and explore methods to help investigators increase their expertise in research methodology, statistics, and information processing. Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format. Description based on print version record. CLINFO (Computer system) Clinical trials United States. Medicine Research United States. Mabry, John C., 1951- author. Sibley, W. L. author. Rand Corporation. National Institutes of Health (U.S.) Online Access http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2669/ 599664 599664