Title	Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis [electronic resource] / edited by Derek Pearson, Colin G. Miller
Imprint	London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2002
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3710-8
Descript	XIII, 258 p. 58 illus. online resource

Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis is a practical handbook on clinical trials in the growing field of osteoporosis. Topics covered include study design, technical issues, data collection, quality assurance, data analysis and presentation. It aims to take the user through the process step-by-step from start to finish, also providing a background on regulatory guidelines, ethical implications, endpoints, current therapies and the ideal drug to use. There are no other books at present that specifically address the issue of clinical trials in osteoporosis. A number of issues dealt with in this book have been brought together in one publication for the first time. Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis is intended to serve as a practical manual for clinicians and scientists coming to the subject new and to provide a standard for existing centers to measure themselves against

1. Introduction -- Section 1: Study Design and the Pre-trial Phase -- 2. Study Design and Endpoints -- 3. Ethical Considerations -- 4. Standardization and Pre-trial Quality Control -- Section 2: Performing the Trial -- 5. Organization of the Clinical Trial by the Sponsor -- 6. Local Site Organization -- 7. Clinical Trial Quality Assurance -- 8. Laboratory and Instrument Quality Control -- Section 3: Data Analysis and Presentation -- 9. Data Analysis and Presentation: Writing a Paper for Publication -- Section 4: Background -- 10. Current and Future Therapies for Osteoporosis -- 11. The Ideal Drug for the Treatment of Osteoporosis -- 12. Instrument Measurements in Osteoporosis Clinical Trials: Evaluating the Endpoints -- 13. Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover -- 14. Future Therapies and Clinical Trials -- Appendix A: Glossary -- Appendix B: Sample Data from the Example Study Used in this Book