Thank you so much, will send you my mail!

Hi fellow PhD students,

I am looking for the following article: PHASE II, OPEN-LABEL, RANDOMIZED STUDY (SIGN) OF SINGLE-AGENT GEFITINIB (IRESSA) OR DOCETAXEL AS SECOND-LINE THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED (STAGE IIIB OR IV) NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER.

Anyone happens to have access? I will be very grateful!
Thank you in advance

@Wilsoneroberts, did you contact your university? What did they say?
Sorry, no personal experience with this issue.

@DocInsanity, I think you are right, it should not be unethical. I guess I have read too fast and didnt clearly get your research objective.
Anyway I think that a randomized controlled trial is better than a prospective cohort study.
Let me know if you need any more information, I just handed in my research proposal for a clinical trial :)

@Eds, people are supposed to sign an informed consent letter before the onset of the study, explaining that they will be allocated to either a treatment arm (in this case a supplement) or a control arm (in this case a placebo). Therefore patients will be aware that they may get the placebo

Hi there! I am also doing a clinical study. I believe its always better to have an intervention and control group. But thats not always possible. For example, in my study it is not ethical to give patients a placebo, since this will have tremendous impact on their health status. Has there be done research on this topic before? And is it a phase I, II or III study?
I think you should contact the ethical committee to get detailed information on this.

Im not sure what happened. I can access the article, but apparently I cant place the link here. Can I send it to your email?

You are welcome! I just googled it and it was the second link ;)

Is this the paper?:

Just be yourself. You might want to read a little on the topic, but other than that, dont be stressed. Everything will be fine.
During my first meeting with my supervisors, my professor was telling me about her family, the organizations she is affiliated with etc.

"(I know I've started late *hides face*)"

When are you planning to start?

Are you planning to have another baby?

If no, then mention in the application that the failures were due to having a baby and that she is not planning to have another baby.
If yes, then a PhD might not be the right thing at this moment.

Good luck to your wife!

Im sorry to hear that about your wife. I dont really understand how they can state that she had too many failures, but passed everything within time and even with first class? Could there be another reason?

How much did she fail? One course or many?

Hi again! I am pretty sure that you dont need to know Dutch to get a job here in your field. Of course, for certain jobs you need to know Dutch, but I know many people who are living here for a couple of yearsa and barely know Dutch.
I dont think you will face problems in finding a job after your PhD. Especially since there are so many non-EU expats in Eindhoven due to Philips. And since you will do your PhD here and you will already be living in the Netherlands, it will be easier as well.
But I dont think you need to depend your choice on the job perspectives after your PhD though, because in 4 years it might all be different.

Yes, i experienced the same. I am in for 7 months now and I havent done a lot. I still havent send my stuff to the ethical committee of the hospital, because its a complex process & my professors seem not to agree with eachother and are very busy.
Its frustrating, but I am trying to read a lot and I have just finished my literature review.

Something else to take into account is who are your supervisors? How often will you see them?