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010 _a 80028740
020 _a0833002899
027 _aRAND/R-2669-NIH
035 _a(Sirsi) a188105
037 _c$23.00
_fpaperback
040 _aCstmoR
_cCstmoR
043 _an-us---
050 4 _aR854.U5
_bH67 1980
100 1 _aHopwood, Marsha D.
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe role of general clinical research centers in clinical trials :
_ba characterization with recommendations /
_cMarsha D. Hopwood, John C. Mabry, William L. Sibley.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c1980.
300 _axi, 51 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c28 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"November 1980."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 51).
520 _aReports 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.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aCLINFO (Computer system)
650 0 _aClinical trials
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMedicine
_xResearch
_zUnited States.
700 1 _aMabry, John C.,
_d1951-
_eauthor.
700 1 _aSibley, W. L.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 2 _aNational Institutes of Health (U.S.)
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R2669/
999 _c599664
_d599664