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1.3+4 Population Science Clinical Trials Flashcards

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What do phase 1 studies detect?

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Pharmacodynamics
Pharmacokinetics
Major side effects

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What do phase 2 studies aim to detect?

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Effects and dosages

Common side effects

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What do phase 4studies aim to detect?

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Monitoring for adverse reactions

Potential new uses

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What type of risk does scientifically proven refer to?

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Relative risk

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What type of study are clinical trials?

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Cohort study

Exposed and unexposed then count outcome events and person years

So do new treatments and standard treatment and then measure the outcomes over time

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Define a clinical trial

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Any for, of planned experiment which involves patients and is designed to elucidate the most appropriate method of treatment for FUTURE patients with a given medical condition

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What is the purpose of a clinical trial?

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To provide reliable evidence of treatment efficacy and safety

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Define efficacy

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The ability of a health care intervention to improve the health of a defined group under specific conditions

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Define safety

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The ability of a health care intervention not to harm a defined group under specific conditions

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What does a Control in a clinical trial mean?

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It means that there is a comparison

NOT that everything is controlled

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What three things should a clinical trial be to be able to give a fair comparison of effect and safety?

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Reproducible
Controlled
Fair

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What does the observed rate ratio mean?

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If the null hypothesis value is consistent with the observed data, then any observed difference from the null hypothesis may be due to chance

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What is randomisation?

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Having an equal chance of being put into group A or group B

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What do non randomised clinical trials involve?

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The allocation of patients receiving a new treatment to compare with a group of patients receiving the standard treatment

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What are two problems with non randomised clinical trials?

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Allocation bias

Confounding (known and unknown)

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What is a benefit of RCT in terms of confounding?

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Randomising reduces confounding
This includes confounding factors that were unknown at the time
This works as long as the sample size was large enough

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What are some of the issues with the standard treatment group when using historical controls?

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Selection often less well defined and less rigorous
Treated differently from new treatment group
Less information about bias and confounders
Unable to control for confounders

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What factors must be controlled in a RCT?

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Disease of interest
Treatments to be compared
Outcomes to be measured 
Possible bias and confounders 
The patients eligible for the trial 
The patients to be excluded from the trial
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What steps are involved for conduct of the trial?

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Identify a source of eligible patients
Invite eligible patients to be in the trial
Consent patients willing to be in the trial
Allocate participants to the treatments fairly
Follow up participants in identical ways
Minimise losses to follow up
Maximise compliance with treatments

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How can you tell if a trial is statistically significant?

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Could the observed difference have originated by chance?

Related to p value and 95% confidence interval

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How can you tell whether a trial is clinically important?

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How big is the observed difference between the treatment groups?
Need to have a big enough study group

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Why do you need to predefine outcomes for a clinical trial?

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Prevent data dredging and repeated analyses
Protocol for data collection
Agreed criteria for measurement and assessment of outcomes

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What is data dredging?

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Looking back at studies, at very small groups, to find an effect

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What is the primary outcome used in?

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Sample size calculation

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What are three groups of outcomes?
Pathophysiological Clinically defined Patient focussed
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Name some pathophysiological outcomes?
Tumour size Thyroxine level ECG changes
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Name some clinically defined outcomes
Death (mortality) Disease (morbidity) Disability
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Name some patient focussed outcomes
Quality of life Psychological well-being Social well being Satisfaction
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What are some features of an ideal outcome?
Appropriate and relevant Valid and attributable - any observed effect can be reasonably be linked to compared treatments Sensitive and specific Reliable and robust- outcome measurable by different people in different settings Simple and sustainable - method of measurement easily carried out repeatedly Cheap and timely
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What is non random allocation?
Allocation of participants to treatments by a person, historical basis, geographical location, convenience, numerical order
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What is a problem with non random allocation?
Leads to the potential for allocation [aka. selection] bias and confounding factors to unwittingly cause unidentified differences between the treatment groups being compared Non random allocation -> allocation bias and confounding
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What are the advantages of random allocation?
Minimal allocation bias - Each participant has an equal chance of being allocated to either treatment Minimal confounding - Treatment groups likely to be similar in size and characteristics by chance For known and unknown factors
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What is the issue with open label?
Knowledge of which participant is receiving which treatment may bias the results of a clinical trial
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What is a behaviour effect?
Patient may alter their behaviour, other treatment, or expectation of outcome due to open label trial
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What is the non treatment effect?
Clinician may alter their treatment, care and interest in the patient in an open label trial
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What is measurement bias?
Investigator may alter their approach when making measurements and assessing outcomes in open label trials
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What are some examples of where blinding may be difficult?
``` Surgical procedures Psychotherapy vs antidepressant Alternative medicine vs western medicine Lifestyle interventions Prevention programmes ```
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What is the placebo effect?
Even if the therapy is irrelevant to the patient’s condition, the patient’s attitude to his or her illness, and indeed the illness itself, may be improved by a feeling that something is being done about it
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What is a placebo?
An inert substance made to appear identical in every way to the active formulation with which it is being compared Eg appearance, taste, texture, dosage regime, warnings
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What is the aim of a placebo?
Cancel out any placebo effect
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What are the ethical implications of placebo?
A placebo should only be used when no standard treatment is available Use of placebo is a form of deception All participants should be told they may get a placebo
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What are the two types of losses to follow up?
Appropriate- Their clinical condition may necessitate their removal from the trial Unfortunate - They may choose to withdraw from the trial
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How can you minimise losses to follow up?
Make follow up practical and convenient Be honest about the commitment required from participants Avoid coercion or inducements Maintain contact with participants
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Why may some patients be non compliant?
``` Mis understoo instructions Not like taking treatment Think treatment doesn’t work Cant be bothered Prefer other treatments ```
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How can compliance be maximised?
Simplify instructions Ask about compliance Ask about effects and side effects Monitor compliance eg tablet count, urine and blood levels
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What is as treated analysis?
Analyse according to whether they took the treatment This is an explanatory trial Analyses only those who completed follow up and complied with treatments Compared the physiological effects of the treatments
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What is the problem with an explanatory trial?
Looses effect of randomisation | Non compilers likely to be systematically different from compliers leading to selection bias and confounding
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What is intention to treat analysis?
Analyses according to the original allocation to treatment groups regardless of whether they completed follow up and complied Compares the likely effects of using the treatments in routine clinical practice Includes people that didn’t take the treatment as don’t know if people who took the treatment definitely took it
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What is the advantage of a pragmatic trial?
Preserves effects of randomisation so minimal selection bias and confounding
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What are the impacts on size of effect for as treated vs intention to treat
As treated give larger sizes of effect | Intention to treat give smaller more realistic sizes of effect
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What type of analysis should clinical trials use?
Intention to treat
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What is collective ethic?
All patients should have treatments that are properly tested for efficacy and safety
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What is individual ethic?
The principles of beneficence, non-maleficence, autonomy and justice
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Who do RCTs benefit?
Future patients
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Why do RCTs not display individual ethic?
They do not guarantee benefit They may result in harm They allocate treatment by chance They place burdens and confer benefits
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What issues should be considered for a clinical trial to be ethical?
``` Clinical equipoise Scientifically robust Ethical recruitment Valid consent Voluntariness ```
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What is clinical equipoise?
when there is reasonable uncertainty or genuine ignorance about the better treatment or intervention (including non- intervention)
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What factors contribute to making a trial scientifically robust?
Addresses relevant or important issue Asks a valid question Appropriate study design and protocol Can justify use of the comparator treatment or placebo Acceptable risks of possible harm compared to anticipated benefits Provision for monitoring the safety and well being of trial participants Arrangements for appropriate reporting and publication
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What are the two issues surrounding ethical recruitment?
Inappropriate INCLUSION of - people unlikely to benefit - people with a high risk of harm compared to benefits eg pregnant women - people likely to be excluded from analysis eg small sub groups Inappropriate EXCLUSION of - people who differ from ideal homogenous group eg co morbidity, elderly - people who are difficult to get valid consent from eg immigrants, children, mentally ill
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What things are required to gain valid consent?
Knowledgeable informant Appropriate information with cooling off period Informed participant who is a competent decision maker and a legitimate authoriser
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When may a signed consent form not equate to valid consent?
If it can be shown that the explanation was not adequate or if there was coercion
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What are some examples of coercion?
Non access to best treatment, lower quality of care, disinterest by clinician
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What are some examples of manipulation?
Exploitation of emotional state, distortion of information, financial inducements

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