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Opportunities and challenges of clinical research in the big-data era: from RCT to BCT

   
@article{JTD1874,
	author = {Stephen D. Wang},
	title = {Opportunities and challenges of clinical research in the big-data era: from RCT to BCT},
	journal = {Journal of Thoracic Disease},
	volume = {5},
	number = {6},
	year = {2013},
	keywords = {},
	abstract = {At the current stage, the main types of clinical research include prospective study, retrospective study, translational research, and evidence-based study, whilethe prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) remains the dominating research type (Figure 1). In a typical RCT, the researchers randomly divide the subjects into several groupsprovided with different interventions, and then compare the results. With a sufficient number of subjects recruited, RCTs can ensure that all the known and unknown confounding factors have the same effects on each group.},
	issn = {2077-6624},	url = {https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/1874}
}