Led by researchers at NDORMS as part of the Data Analysis and Real World Interrogation Network (DARWIN EU) initiative, a new ...
Observational studies are critical in evaluating the long-term safety and effectiveness of new therapies on patients’ lives. However, two major shifts are significantly changing the research ...
• The choice between an observational study and a randomized controlled trial (RCT) is not binary. • No algorithm exists for determining whether an observational study or an RCT is best for answering ...
The goal of comparative effectiveness research is to inform clinical decisions between alternate treatment strategies using data that reflect real patient populations and real-world clinical scenarios ...
CREST-2 (clinicaltrials.gov number: NCT02089217) is a pair of parallel, actively recruiting procedural trials to prevent stroke comparing: 1) carotid endarterectomy (CEA) and intensive medical ...
The OMOP Oncology Module provides a platform for standardization of cancer data enabling the conduct of observational cancer studies and identifying patient cohorts in a distributed research network.