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Word Essays

Title Date
Introduction 04 Nov 04
Usage practices, cautions, and recommendations Jan 1996
Baseline 04 Dec 04
Guinea pig 07 Dec 04
Bias 15 Dec 04
Placebo 04 Nov 04
Random 15 Nov 04
Randomization 15 Nov 04
Treatment 16 Nov 04
Subject 21 Nov 04
Pi 28 Nov 04
Open 29 Nov 04
On study/off study 05 Dec 04
Withdrawal 06 Dec 04
Treatment failure 20 Dec 04
Time window 07 Jan  05
Lost to followup 07 Jan  05
Missed contact/missed visit 07 Jan  05
Troublesome terms and phrases 05  Jul  12
CLM's troublesome terms and phrases 11  Jul  12
Fancy terms for old concepts 02 Aug 12
On the definition of protocol 28 Apr  14
On the definition of clinical trials 16 Dec 14
Nil versus negative 15 Apr  15
Mean, median, or mode 16 Apr  19
Subject, patient, or participant? 07 Aug 19
Arm versus group 05 Jun 20
Platform trials 17 Jul 20
On the meaning of OK, good, and not too bad 09 Aug 21
Platform, basket, and umbrella trials 25 Feb 22
Words to avoid 31 Jan 23
Unnecessary and deceptive words 19 Apr 23
 

Last Updated:   19 Apr 2023

 

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