Attrition rates, reasons, and predictive factors in supportive care and palliative oncology clinical trials

Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1098-1105

  Hui, David ^a   Glitza, Isabella ^a   Chisholm, Gary ^a   Yennu, Sriram ^a   Bruera, Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

attrition; clinical trial; neoplasms; palliative care; predictors; research design; supportive care; symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SUPPORTIVE CARE; CANCER THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874231833     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27854     Document Type: Article

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