The end of randomised control trials is on the cards, a healthcare data expert predicts. The end of randomised control trials is on the cards, a healthcare data expert predicts. Speaking at the Wired ...

BBC Media Action conducted its first ever randomised control trial (RCT) on the impact of our health programming on audiences. In this blog, we explore some of the methodological challenges of ...

Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in China exhibit critically low levels of physical activity, yet evidence for telemedicine-based aerobic exercise interventions remains scarce, ...

In October 2019, Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo, and Michael Kremer jointly won the 51st Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel “for their experimental approach to ...

This campus-based module is led by Steven Julious. It runs in the Spring semester and is worth 15 credits. Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) are used to test the effectiveness of interventions. This ...

The video below shows how a randomised trial works. It is about 2 minutes long. Randomised trials have at least 2 different treatment groups. The people taking part are put into one of the groups at ...

The RCT debate is often heated: it seems you can only either love or hate them. This seminar aims to spark a cooler discussion about the pros and cons of RCTs, using the practical examples of two ...

Thought LeadersAoife Hayes, Kevin O'Regan & Julie ScanlonClinical Trials Assitant, Operations Manager & Quality Assurance ManagerAtlantia Clinical Trials Food clinical trials may not be as familiar to ...

An approach where the dependent variables are measured before and after an intervention has been delivered. The intervention can either be delivered by the investigator or by others (observational ...

Can the mass media cause changes in an audience’s knowledge, attitudes and intention to practise behaviours? At BBC Media Action, we have just successfully conducted a randomised control trial (RCT) ...

A cluster randomised trial (CRT) is a randomised controlled trial in which pre-existing groups, called clusters, of individuals are randomly allocated to treatment arms. For example, clusters may be ...