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BEHIND THE SCENES: SETTING THE STAGE FOR A STATISTICALLY SOUND CLINICAL TRIAL This is the fourth installment of a Behind the Scenes series about how Children’s Oncology Group (COG) clinical trials work. The first article focused on how research ideas become actual studies. The second delved into the complex work of COG Protocol and Research Coordinators. The third highlighted the critical contributions of Clinical Research Associates. The story below explains how statisticians are pivotal in developing and guiding clinical trials that aim to improve the lives of children and families affected by cancer.
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Behind the Scenes: Meet the Clinical Research Associates Who Keep COG Trials Running Smoothly This is the third installment of a Behind the Scenes series about how Children’s Oncology Group clinical trials work. The first article focused on how research ideas become actual trials. The second delved into the complex work that COG Protocol and Research Coordinators do while a trial is being developed and once it launches. This story highlights the crucial contributions of Clinical Research Associates (CRAs) based at the hospitals, universities, and cancer centers that take part in COG clinical trials.
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Behind the Scenes: coordinating clinical trialsChildren’s Oncology Group (COG) researchers are constantly coming up with new ideas to study cancer in children. But how exactly do those ideas evolve into clinical trials that break new ground in treating kids with cancer? The answer: a rigorous process of considering research ideas from every possible angle, so that only the very best ideas move forward.
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Behind the Scenes: How Research Ideas become COG Clinical TrialsChildren’s Oncology Group (COG) researchers are constantly coming up with new ideas to study cancer in children. But how exactly do those ideas evolve into clinical trials that break new ground in treating kids with cancer? The answer: a rigorous process of considering research ideas from every possible angle, so that only the very best ideas move forward.
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