Dr. Simon Day, Leo Pharmaceuticals, Princes Risborough, Bucks, UK

This invaluable text explains the majority of clinical trial terms, in alphabetical order, that are likely to be found in clinical trial protocols, reports, regulatory guidelines and published manuscripts.

The style of explanations and definitions is aimed at being pragmatic and readable. Pre-existing definitions (often in regulatory guidelines) have, therefore, been simplified and are free from jargon, although care has been taken to incorporate the essential meaning from such guidelines.

• Fully comprehensive - provides definitions of clinical trials terms in one complete volume
• Definitions are written in a simplistic, easy-to-read way
• Simon Day is a highly-respected statistician, well known in both the academic and pharmaceutical industry fields
• Includes extensive use of graphs throughout