Clinical Trials Methodology

I’ve been in Birmingham today for the final consensus meeting of the PRioRiTy II project, so I thought I’d write a quick blog post before dinner so that you can find out a bit more about the process of research prioritisation. I’ve spoken on this blog before about the first PRioRiTy project, which was a […]

Sandra Galvin, Programme Manager for the Health Research Board –Trial Methodology Research Network (HRB-TMRN), blogs about the START competition that challenges children in Ireland’s primary schools to become trialists, and Professor of Health Services Research Shaun Treweek, one of this year’s judges, reflects on what they achieved. Every day, both adults and children are bombarded

Clinical trials are described as the gold standard way to test treatments with patients or healthy volunteers. We look at key aspects such as the safety of treatments, their effectiveness to treat a certain condition or disease or a clinical approach to improve a patient’s quality of life. But what are the stages of a