Medical terms

(in English, for other languages see glossaries for the public)

Centre for Evidence Based Medicine
Bandolier, an independent journal about evidence-based healthcare, written by Oxford scientists
Centrewatch. Overview of Clinical Trials
AIFA, Italian Medicines Agency
MRC Clinical Trials Unit
National Cancer Institute
NIHR Clinical Research Network
Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford Cancer Institutes. Basic about clinical Trials.
U.S. National Institutes of Health
IFPMA Clinical Trials Portal

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A scuola di studi clinici

Un quiz per capire quali sono le tue conoscenze sulla ricerca medica internazionale

Lettera aperta ai Ministri europei dell'istruzione

E' tempo che i ragazzi sappiano che cosa è la ricerca clinica

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ECRAN & ICTD event

Communicate clinical research: two days for two great events

Take a look at some speech presentations... >>

...and at media gallery from the event!>>

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ECRAN meets the school... online with Oilproject!
Watch the #RCTmovie on Oilproject.org, the italian E-learning school web site

All Trials: make clinical Trilas count
It's time all clinical trial results are reported. Watch the video and change something.

Cochrane and BMJ inquire Tamiflu and Relenza effectiveness
There is no good evidence about the effectiveness of Tamiflu and Relenza for influenza prevention and treatment.

Research: increasing value, reducing waste
An open access series of five papers by The Lancet about reducing waste in clinical and epidemiological research

ECRAN’s guide to clinical trials for professionals
This guide will introduce different aspects of clinical trials knowledge and several tricks of the job.

ECRAN FAQs
Understanding clinical trials is essential for taking a well-informed decision, whether you choose to participate or not.

Clinical Trials deserve celebrations
The international Clinical Trials Day is celebrated every year around the world (on May 20 or close to it). ECRAN will be playing an active role in its organization.

COMET (Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials) Initiative
The COMET Initiative – an FP7 project – “brings together people interested in the development and application of agreed standardised sets of outcomes, known as ‘core outcome sets’".

The AllTrials campaign
The AllTrials campaign website explains why we need that all clinical trials are registered and the results published and invites signing up the petition.