Class 1: SAS application in Clinical Trials 


   1. Clinical Trials and SAS applications.

• Four phases of clinical trials
• Some important terms and abbreviations:
• Control, Controlled Study, Uncontrolled Study, Randomization, Open Label, Double Blind, PK and PD,  CRF, AE, Vitals Signs and Demographics …
• Protocols, Statistical Analysis Plan and Study Report
• Roles of CRS, CRA, Medical Writer, Statistician and SAS Programmer
• Individual studies and Integrated Summary
• Individual Study:
• ISS: Integrated Summary of Safety
• ISE: Integrated Summary of Efficacy

   2. A Real Industry Example: Project

• Explanation of data and analysis requirements
• Brief explanation of data preparation and analysis methods

Class 2: Advance SAS Topics:
Common procedures and tools in clinical trials and in this project.


   1.Some important SAS/STAT procedures:

• Comparison of Means: GLM
• Regressions: REG and LOGISTIC
• Categorical Data Analysis: FREQ



2.Review some common usage of SAS macro language

• Methods to create macro variables
• Macro quoting functions
• Scope of macro variables
  
  3. SAS/GRAPH introduction with examples
  
  
• GPLOT
• GCHART
• Annotate Facility

Class 3: Project results and discussions

Show the solutions (programs), explain my analysis ideas and interpret of results.
Answer questions.