Standardization of outcome measures in clinical trials of pharmacological treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm

Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Wang, Xing Li ^a   Thompson, Matt M ^b   Dole, William P ^c   Dalman, Ronald L ^d   Zalewski, Andrew ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysm; clinical trial; medical treatment; risk of rupture; standardized clinical end point

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATHEPSIN; CYSTATIN C; GAMMA INTERFERON; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; RENIN; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY DIAMETER; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRASOUND; AGED; AORTA RUPTURE; BIOASSAY; DRUG DESIGN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; STANDARD;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC RUPTURE; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG DESIGN; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84868251894     PISSN: 14779072     EISSN: 17448344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erc.12.128     Document Type: Review

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