This unit extends and enhances concepts developed in BCA807. On completion, students have the knowledge and skills, at an advanced professional level, that are required to design and analyse clinical trials, including cross-over designs and equivalence trials, and to identify and implement statistical methods for trial monitoring and reporting, with appropriate knowledge of regulatory requirements. Topics include: methods in RCTs for determining; stopping rules for interim analyses, spending functions, stochastic curtailment; statistical principles encountered in relation to aspects of regulatory guidelines, and related to reports prepared for data safety and monitoring committees; design... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Gillian Heller
Prerequisites: BCA807 and BCA808
