T34 - Understanding Large Clinical Trials: How Can We Be Informed When the Results Are Not Definitive?

Feb 21, 2017 12:30pm ‐ Feb 21, 2017 2:00pm

Standard: $ 39.00
Members: $ 19.00

Objectives:

Identify key methodological issues in the study design of large RCTs of nutritional interventions and understand how data from these studies are interpreted in the development of best practice guidelines
Calculate sample sizes for large RCTs and their influence on interpreting study results
Describe the future direction of nutrition research using alternative, appropriate, and innovative outcome measures

Lee-anne Chapple, BMed Sci, MNutrDiet, PhD, Early Career Research Fellow, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Adam Deane, MBBS, PhD, FCICM, FRACP, Deputy Head, Department of Critical Care; Principal Research Fell (Level D), University of Melbourne; Head of Research, Intensive Care Unit; Deputy Director, Intensive Care Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Stephen A. McClave, MD, FACN, FASGE, FASPEN, AGAF, Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Director of Clinical Nutrition, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
Todd Rice, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit; Vanderbilt Human Research Protections Program; Critical Care Clinical Trials Coordinating Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN