Composite endpoints for clinical trials: Current perspectives

International Journal of Pharmaceutical Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-198

  Kleist, Peter ^a  

^a PFC Pharma Focus AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; EPTIFIBATIDE; EVEROLIMUS; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IRBESARTAN; LOSARTAN; MISOPROSTOL; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; ROSIGLITAZONE; VALSARTAN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BREAST CARCINOMA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPOSITE ENDPOINT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDITY;

EID: 34249821368     PISSN: 13649027     EISSN: 14735679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00124363-200721030-00001     Document Type: Review

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