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History of the Society for Clinical Trials

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This chapter provides a synopsis of the events leading to the creation of the Society for Clinical Trials (SCT). The Society was officially incorporated in September 1978 and celebrated its 40th anniversary during its annual meeting in New Orleans May 19–22, 2019.

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  1. Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    O. Dale Williams

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

    O. Dale Williams

  3. School of Medicine, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Barbara S. Hawkins

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  1. Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Insti, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA, USA

    Steven Piantadosi

  2. Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Trials Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Curtis L. Meinert

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  1. Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health, and Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States

    Steven N. Goodman

  2. School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Karen A Robinson

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Williams, O.D., Hawkins, B.S. (2020). History of the Society for Clinical Trials. In: Piantadosi, S., Meinert, C. (eds) Principles and Practice of Clinical Trials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52677-5_208-1

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