Improvement in quality-of-life measures and stimulation of weight gain after treatment with megestrol acetate oral suspension in geriatric cachexia: Results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 485-492

  Yeh, Shing Shing ^a   Wu, Suh Yuh ^b   Lee, Tai Ping ^a   Olson, Jeffery S ^c   Stevens, Michael R ^c   Dixon, Troy ^e   Porcelli, Robert J ^a   Schuster, Michael W ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Vet Admin Med Center at Northport ^*

Author keywords

Appetite; Megestrol acetate; Nursing home; Older people; Quality of life; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

MEGESTROL ACETATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0034019322     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb04993.x     Document Type: Article

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