KEELE UNIVERSITY
CENTRE FOR MEDICAL STATISTICS
SEMINAR SERIES on BIOSTATISTICS 2001/2002
NO 9: Wednesday, February 27th 2002, at 2:30 pm
"Clinical trials of cholesterol lowering drugs"
Professor Ian Ford
Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow
This talk will review the history of cholesterol lowering trials leading
up to the major trials of the statins. The completed statin trials will
be discussed with particular emphasis on the West of Scotland Coronary
Prevention study. Design, results, statistical issues, use of bio-banks,
epidemiological spin-offs and use of computerised record linkage systems
will be reviewed.
All welcome!!
Venue:
Room 2.22, Third Floor
MacKay Building
Keele University
http://www.keele.ac.uk
http://www.keele.ac.uk/depts/ma/seminars/medstats.html
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Janet Drewery
Centre for Medical Statistics
MacKay Building
Keele University
Keele, Staffs ST5 5BG
Tel: (01782) 583269
Fax: (01782) 583269/584268
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