Episode 4: Estimands - Answering the right research questions

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Trial Talk

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The Trial Talk Podcast explores how our work at the MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL is improving health in the UK and worldwide. In this new series, we will hear from world-leading experts about the studies we carry out. We will get inside trials on cancer, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases, explore how public and patient involvement is shaping our studies, and discover new ways to run smarter studies.

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Episode 4: Estimands - Answering the right research questions

Trial Talk

21 minutes

1 year ago

Episode 4: Estimands - Answering the right research questions

An estimand is a description of the research question a trial seeks to answer, which can help researchers better understand how their study should be designed and analysed. Estimands also provide a clear way to communicate treatment effects to different stakeholders. This episode of the Trial Talk podcast features Principal Research Fellow Brennan Kahan, exploring how triallists could benefit from using estimands. Brennan also discusses his recent paper which aims to demystify new guidance on the use of estimands.

Resources:
• The estimands framework: a primer on the ICH E9(R1): www.bmj.com/content/384/bmj-2023-076316
• 'We must let the research question drive study methods' opinion piece: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9908044/
• Estimands in cluster-randomized trials: choosing analyses that answer the right question: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9908044/

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Date of episode recording: 2024-04-25T00:00:00Z
Duration: 00:21:29
Language of episode: English
Presenter: Charlotte Hartley
Guests: Brennan Kahan
Producer: Charlotte Hartley