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Richard Hooper @richardhooper.bsky.social · 10d

I'm doing a webinar in two weeks (15 Oct 1-2pm BST), part of NIHR Research Support Service's Methods Academy series, on the age-old question: should I do a stepped wedge trial?

Free registration, details here: tinyurl.com/z6cjvce3

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Imperial Clinical Trials Unit @imperialctu.bsky.social · 9d

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Sep 5

They discuss how often "the apparent benefits of pharmacological interventions are less impressive, and more information emerges about harms they can cause" when using the CSR. You can read the full papers here: www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...

The collection, analysis and reporting of adverse events in randomised controlled trials

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Sep 5

In our latest adverse event webinar Jeffrey Aronson & Igho Onakpoya discuss their review that looked at how data from clinical study reports compare with data in published trial reports. Catch-up on their talk here: www.statsci.co.uk/webinar-series

WEBINARS | StatsCI

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Imperial Clinical Trials Unit @imperialctu.bsky.social · Sep 3

And that's a wrap on this year's NIHR undergraduate internships. It's been a pleasure hosting three rising stars, they've each achieved so much in just 8 weeks. We can't wait to see what the future holds for them. Congratulations Alex, Mahima & Joe and good luck with the rest of your studies.

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Suzie Cro @suziecro.bsky.social · Sep 1

Are estimands being correctly used?
A new review of protocols led by Timothy Clark shows many incorrectly defined estimand attributes. See the top areas for improvement & full results here:
trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #Trials

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Aug 29

And catch up with the full series of webinars here: www.statsci.co.uk/webinar-series

WEBINARS | StatsCI

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Aug 29

You can also read the full publication here: trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Clinical Study Reports—a systematic review with thematic synthesis: Part 2. Studying benefits, harms, and the benefit to harm balance of pharmacological interventions - Trials

Background We define clinical study reports (CSRs) as standardized full reports of the protocols, results, and other pertinent details of clinical studies that are typically submitted by pharmaceutica...

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Aug 29

Thurs 4th September is the next webinar in our adverse event special series. Jeffrey Aronson & Igho Onakpoya will present their review of Clinical Study Reports & discuss the insights they offer when trying to quantify intervention benefits & harms. Sign up here:
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Imperial Clinical Trials Unit @imperialctu.bsky.social · Aug 29

Join us for Professor Victoria Cornelius' inaugural lecture - Under pressure: smarter trials for better health outcomes
Thursday, 30 October 2025 17.30 - 18.30 GMT
Register here: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19688...

Under pressure: smarter trials for better health outcomes

Join us for Professor Victoria Cornelius' inaugural lecture in person or online.

www.imperial.ac.uk

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Aug 29

And catch up with the full series of webinars here: www.statsci.co.uk/webinar-series

WEBINARS | StatsCI

www.statsci.co.uk

Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Aug 29

You can also read the full publication here: trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Clinical Study Reports—a systematic review with thematic synthesis: Part 2. Studying benefits, harms, and the benefit to harm balance of pharmacological interventions - Trials

Background We define clinical study reports (CSRs) as standardized full reports of the protocols, results, and other pertinent details of clinical studies that are typically submitted by pharmaceutica...

trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · Aug 26

Attending the International Society for Clinical Biostatistics this week?

Don’t miss

@ellievanvogt.bsky.social and Xiao Xuan

who will be presenting these exciting topics:

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Aug 20

Don't miss this exciting opportunity to join us at @imperialctu.bsky.social @statsci.bsky.social. Closing 28th August 2025

StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · Aug 15

🔊We're hiring!
Imperial Clinical Trials Unit are looking for an ambitious senior statistician with experience in clinical trials & design & analysis of adaptive trials to lead a research programme in antimicrobial resistance & data-enabled trials.
Full details: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Description

Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · Aug 19

Meet Alex Dixon, who is spending his summer experiencing life within ICTUs statistics and trial methodology group and conducting a research project with us as part of an NIHR undergraduate internship

Find out what he has been up to here:
www.statsci.co.uk/news

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · Aug 15

🔊We're hiring!
Imperial Clinical Trials Unit are looking for an ambitious senior statistician with experience in clinical trials & design & analysis of adaptive trials to lead a research programme in antimicrobial resistance & data-enabled trials.
Full details: www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/search-...

Description

Please note that job descriptions are not exhaustive, and you may be asked to take on additional duties that align with the key responsibilities ment...

www.imperial.ac.uk

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Jul 30

🔊We're hiring! We are looking for an ambitious senior statistician with experience in clinical trials and the design and analysis of adaptive trials to lead a research programme in antimicrobial resistance and support colleagues in data-enabled trials. Full details: lnkd.in/eWpwsH6s

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Jul 3

And access the full article here: trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Adverse event assessment in a parenting programme: experiences from a multisite randomised controlled trial - Trials

Background Clinicians and researchers should consider the expected benefits and potential harms of an intervention. Parenting programmes are a widely used evidence-based intervention for child behavio...

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Jul 3

Inga Frantz & Nina Heinrichs discuss development of a comprehensive adverse event assessment tool based on their experiences in the RISE project, a multisite RCT that evaluated a parenting intervention for parents of children with increased levels of behaviour problems.

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Jul 3

Catch-up on today's adverse event webinar here: www.statsci.co.uk/webinar-series

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Jun 25

Register for this talk and others in the series here: lnkd.in/eaW3MQrB

You can also access the original paper here: doi.org/10.1186/s130...

Adverse event assessment in a parenting programme: experiences from a multisite randomised controlled trial - Trials

Background Clinicians and researchers should consider the expected benefits and potential harms of an intervention. Parenting programmes are a widely used evidence-based intervention for child behavio...

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Jun 25

Next week we continue our adverse event special series. On Thursday 3rd July 1pm (BST), we host Inga Frantz who will be discussing their paper demonstrating the development and testing of a tool to assess the systematic collection of AEs in parenting intervention studies.

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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · Jun 9

Attending #PSI2025 at Wembley stadium ⚽ this week? Don’t miss new research on a novel multiple imputation procedure for handling missing data in clinical trials targeting a treatment policy estimand by @suziecro.bsky.social James Roger & James Carpenter

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Jun 9

Suggesting that core harm outcomes along with serious, related and unexpected adverse events (SAEs, SARs, SUSARs), any pre-specified events, and events that lead to discontinuation of the treatment should always be reported. Seems there is still lots of room for improvement.

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Rachel Phillips @rachpips.bsky.social · Jun 9

This highlights there's still a need for an agreed consensus on what should be reported in journal articles. @vcornelius.bsky.social called for this in their 2022 JCE article doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

Redirecting

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