Are retrospective cohort studies considered clinical research?

[GonefromTX]

So I'm under the impression that it's only clinical if u actually saw patients and collected information from them directly.

Would it be considered clinical research if I did a retrospective cohort study analyzing patient treatment data collected from NIS?

It's obviously not bench, but not sure what category this falls in.

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[emergencycat]

Wiki: "Clinical research is a branch of healthcare science that determines the safety and effectiveness (efficacy) of medications, devices, diagnostic products and treatment regimens intended for human use. These may be used for prevention, treatment, diagnosis or for relieving symptoms of a disease. Clinical research is different from clinical practice. In clinical practice established treatments are used, while in clinical research evidence is collected to establish a treatment."

Yeah, retrospective studies are clinical research.

 

[SurfingDoctor]

Yes, they are. The Framingham Heart Study has been going on for decades... but most of the people who study the cohort never interacted with the patients.

Any epidemiology study of disease is almost always a retrospective analysis of a cohort.

 

[AlteredScale]

So I'm under the impression that it's only clinical if u actually saw patients and collected information from them directly.

Would it be considered clinical research if I did a retrospective cohort study analyzing patient treatment data collected from NIS?

It's obviously not bench, but not sure what category this falls in.

Yes it is but don't do this research cuz I'm already working on a project with NIS. 😉

JK of course.


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[Doctor Strange]

Yes

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