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Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials (SPIRIT)

Incomplete protocol content can impair understanding and implementation of the trial; reduce efficiency of protocol review; and lead to burdensome protocol amendments.

The protocol of a clinical trial is essential for study conduct, review, reporting, and interpretation. SPIRIT (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials) is an international initiative that aims to improve the quality of clinical trial protocols by defining an ... Read more

RESEARCH CAREERS MONTH

This month, we are amassing resources and expertise about careers in clinical research, whether that's a career as a research coordinator, data manager, lab technician, community health worker, research nurse, investigator, health systems researcher, social scientist - or anything else. ... Read more

Discussion Framework for Clinical Trial Data Sharing: Guiding Principles, Elements, and Activities

Data sharing is one of the most important current issues in clinical trials. If conducted in the right way, sharing data could help facilitate faster and better generation of evidence to bring new interventions and improve disease management.

Have your say about this key issue by reading this blog.

Discussions

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Global Health Trials Group: Welcome and Introductions

Introduce yourself here!

Hi everyone, this new group is a place for new members to introduce themselves in the community. Please post to introduce yourself and let others know about where you are ...

kayshako
Latest reply: April 16, 2014 kayshako wrote: Hello Group, My name is Kay Shako. I am a ... READ MORE
Global Health Trials Group: Regional Faculties

Tunisian Regional Faculty

Following the inaugural Tunisian Research Skills workshop held on 20th April 2014, please use this space to introduce yourselves, comment on the workshop, and discuss ...

1 reply Latest reply: April 24, 2014

Articles

ISARIC

2nd ISARIC Council Meeting

by Kajsa-Stina Longuère

ISAIRC's 2nd Council Meeting will take place at Fondation Merieux Les Pensieres Conference Centre in Annecy in July. Though all ISARIC members are invited, the limited number of seats and ...

Global Health Diagnostics

Uniting to Combat NTDs - 2013 Report

by Astrid Erber

(From the report) In January 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a plan to control, eliminate, or eradicate 17 NTDs by 2020, and the global NTD community—including pharmaceutical companies, ...

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Global Health Bioethics
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Complex realities: community engagement for a paediatric randomized controlled malaria vaccine trial in Kilifi, Kenya (Trials Article)

by Vibian Angwenyi, Dorcas Kamuya - Expert Committee, Dorothy Mwachiro, Betty Kalama, vicki marsh, Patricia Njuguna, Sassy Molyneux

Background Community engagement (CE) is increasingly promoted for biomedical research conducted in resource poor settings for both intrinsic and instrumental purposes. Given the potential importance of CE, but also complexities ...

E-Learning

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Global Health Trials

Research Ethics Introduction & Course Overview

Research ethics online training is adapted from an eLearning course and resource package designed and produced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) who have kindly granted permission for the adaptation of this resource in a format and on a platform that is accessible to all.