Contemporary Clinical Trials is an international journal that publishes manuscripts pertaining to the design, methods and
operational aspects of clinical trials. Manuscripts submitted should appeal to a readership drawn from disciplines including medicine,
biostatistics, epidemiology, computer science, management science, behavioral science, pharmaceutical science, and bioethics. Full-length
papers and short communications not exceeding 1,500 words in the following subject areas will be published:
Unusual design features
of specific trials that may be applicable to other studies
Organizational structures that facilitate multicenter investigations
General or specific design and operating features of data processing systems used for maintaining data bases in clinical trials
Medical, legal, and ethical issues in the conduct of clinical trials
Management of multicenter investigations
Methods
for assessing patient adherence
Design of case report forms and other data collection methods for clinical trials
Quality
assurance procedures for error detection in the data generation and processing procedures in clinical trials
Data auditing
practices in clinical trials
Methods for collecting and reporting adverse event data in clinical trials
Regulatory
requirements for clinical trials
Patient involvement in the design of clinical trials
Statistical methods for clinical
trials
Historical review of clinical trials
Methods and case examples of monitoring clinical trials for evidence
of adverse or beneficial treatment effects
Cost assessment of procedures used for data generation, processing, and auditing
in clinical trials
Assessment of the impact of clinical trials on the practice of medicine
