Clinical trial design in neonatal pharmacology: Effect of center differences, with lessons from the pediatric oncology cooperative research experience

Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 589-591

  Moran, C ^a   Smith, P B ^a,b   Cohen Wolkowiez, M ^a   Benjamin, D K ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADVERSE OUTCOME; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORBIDITY; NEONATOLOGY; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450142688     PISSN: 00099236     EISSN: 15326535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2009.175     Document Type: Short Survey

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