Data management and biostatistical services are available for the following study types and needs:

Observational studies aimed at exploring the factors involved in diseases:

• case series study – only to study special cases
• case-control study – in the case of “what happened?” type questions
• cross-sectional study – to assess present status
• cohort study – in the case of “what will happen?” type questions
• Clinical trials to test the efficacy of therapies:
• uncontrolled (one-arm) – in the case of initial tests.
• controlled:
• parallel: open-label, blind, double blind
• internal control: self-controlled, crossover, historical control

Meta-analysis – where the effects of a drug or treatment were analysed in several studies, we summarise the results of such studies in a statistically exact way. In addition, unknown but relevant relationships can be identified from a large data pool with the aid of data mining.