CHRU Brest — Direct Epidemio-Statistics Supported a Hospital-Led Trial

Direct Epidemio-Statistics provided critical support to the CHRU Brest clinical research team, refining the trial design and boosting statistical power tenfold.

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Less than 2 weeks

from signature to delivery

10x

the gain in statistical power

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Context

For the preparation of a new internally promoted project at CHRU Brest and the response to a national public health call for proposals, Direct Epidemio-Statistics carried out a critical review of the project. — We intervened as a partial RC-AVP mission.

Challenge

The clinical research unit at CHRU primarily works on therapeutic interventions, and less on educational interventions, which pose challenges regarding experimental control, seasonality, and measurement.

Mission

Eight days after signature, we delivered our study including:

Result

Among our proposals, the team notably accepted changing the primary endpoint, which allowed (with the same number of patients):

In three words

The team and the project leader summarize our contribution in three words:

A meticulous and relevant review

Mission
RC-AVP
Company
CHRU Brest
Location
Brest (29), France
Industry
Public Hospital
Web
chru-brest.fr

About:
Regional university hospital serving 1.2 million inhabitants in Western Brittany (29, 22), with approximately 2,550 beds and 6,000 hospital staff including 500 physicians.
CHRU research is organized around three INSERM units (UMR1101, UMR1078, ERI29) and five research teams.
CHRU participates in several hundred (700) research protocols involving thousands of patients.

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