[R] Use of R in clinical trials

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

Cody,

How amazing that SAS is still used to produce reports that reviewers 
hate and that requires tedious low-level programming.  R + LaTeX has it 
all over that approach IMHO.  We have used that combination very 
successfully for several data and safety monitoring reporting tasks for 
clinical trials for the pharmaceutical industry.

Frank


Cody Hamilton wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> There have been a variety of discussions on the R list regarding the use of R in clinical trials. The following post from the STATA list provides an interesting opinion regarding why SAS remains so popular in this arena: http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2008-01/msg00098.html
> 
> Regards,
> 
> -Cody Hamilton

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Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chairman        School of Medicine
                      Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University