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Trialist; Statistician; Professor of Health Services Research; University of Aberdeen. Hebridean. Views my own. https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/m.k.campbell
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We're thrilled to welcome Professor Alicia O’Cathain to our Board of Trustees! A leading expert in health services research, she brings invaluable experience in healthcare policy & patient care. Get to know her in our Q&A blog ⬇️ hsruk.org/hsruk/viewpo...

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This past month has seen the publication of a couple of new helpful papers providing further insights into the thorny issue of #MultipleTesting in trials 1/7 #MethodologyMonday #112

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We're delighted to announce the John Hinds Lecture at CCR25 will be delivered by Prof John Myburgh, on Friday June 13th The lecture is titled ""Ukuthola ubuhle". criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr25

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🔈Announcing a series of webinars showcasing our 2024 Trials Adverse Event Special Series. Over the course of 2025 we have a range of talks lined up covering trial conduct, analysis, reporting, and public involvement. Please register your interest here: forms.microsoft.com/e/qqNgLTP651

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Trial participant self‑reported understanding of randomisation phrases in participant info can be high but acceptability of some descriptions is low esp if linked to gambling/luck @streweek.bsky.social @katiegillies.bsky.social @taliaisaacs.bsky.social trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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I’ve seen a number of trial applications in development over recent weeks with lots of discussion about appropriate sample size calculations. A good time to remind everyone about the perils of the “sample size samba” 1/8 #MethodologyMonday #111

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Estimating sample size has to be the most contrived element of trials design. Great #MethodologyMonday post and a bossa nova beat.

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I’ve seen a number of trial applications in development over recent weeks with lots of discussion about appropriate sample size calculations. A good time to remind everyone about the perils of the “sample size samba” 1/8 #MethodologyMonday #111

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Try to be speaker number one. Stick to your schedule. @thwisteddoodles

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#BREAKING - NIH plans to slash support for indirect research costs, sending shockwaves through science

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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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Ensuring a trial has an independent data monitoring committee (DMC) is crucial to the safety and oversight of clinical trials. But a question this week was whether there is ever a scenario where a DMC might legitimately be deemed not to be essential 1/8 #MethodologyMonday #110

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👀👇 Yup … Bayesian trials can be really useful, but there’s an awful lot of hype out there currently 🎩🪄… as with any method, we’ve got to understand it’s appropriate use and its advantages & disadvantages

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The 10th presentation at #CCR25 is RESCUE 3 Temporary Transvenous Diaphragm Pacing vs Standard of Care for Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation Register via the QR code or on the CCR website Critical Care Reviews Meeting 2025 The Best Critical Care Trials in the World

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We have completed the programme for #CCR25 and have 12 first result presentations Join us in June for the best critical care trials in the world! Register - https://criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr25

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Interesting historical principles of clinical trial conduct … Rule 5 “the medical statistician has to be competent” … sure hope we’ve got that one sorted!

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Are you aware of #MethodologyMonday for wonderful threads on trial methodology?

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Great #MethodologyMonday post on my least favourite trial design. If you must do a non-inferiority trial, PLEASE do it right.

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#OTD 27 Jan 1832 Charles Dodgson b (d 14 Jan 1898) Lecturer in mathematics at Oxford, he worked on probability, symbolic logic, linear and matrix algebra & Dodgson condensation for computing determinants of square matrices. But he is best known as Lewis Carroll, author of ‘Alice in Wonderland’. /2

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