Providence Medical Research Center, Providence Health Care, Spokane, WA, USA.
Nephrology Division, Kidney Research Institute and Institute of Translational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Spokane and Seattle, WA, USA.
Nat Rev Nephrol. 2020 Oct;16(10):562-564. doi: 10.1038/s41581-020-00336-9.
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a tremendous strain on sustaining the clinical research enterprise and will also likely affect key study outcomes; these effects must be considered during data analysis and interpretation. Nevertheless, the responses to the pandemic have also introduced innovations that will advance the conduct of clinical research.
COVID-19 大流行给维持临床研究企业带来了巨大压力，也可能影响关键研究结果；在数据分析和解释时必须考虑这些影响。尽管如此，对大流行的应对措施也引入了将推进临床研究开展的创新。
