AOFAS Thought Leader Series-Clinical Trials in Orthopaedic Research

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Video Summary

The speaker begins by expressing their interest in the topic and mentions their familiarity with the work of Dr. Wright. They mention the rarity of level one evidence in foot and ankle research and highlight the importance of Dr. Wright's contributions to the field. The speaker suggests looking up Dr. Wright's articles for further information. They then discuss various factors that need to be considered in clinical trials, such as sample size, outcomes instruments, enrollment challenges, randomization, blinding, crossover, data analysis, and education. They also touch on the economic impact and generalizability of study findings. The speaker mentions funding as a major barrier to conducting level one trials, but also emphasizes the opportunities provided by clinical trial networks and smaller trials. They refer to OFAR as one example of such a network. The speaker concludes by recommending the use of clinicaltrials.gov as a resource for finding foot and ankle trials. No credits are mentioned in the transcript.

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Women's Leadership Award Winner - Judith F. Baumhauer, MD, MPH

Keywords

Dr. Wright

level one evidence

clinical trials

funding

clinicaltrials.gov