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

BACKGROUND: Attrition is common among supportive care/palliative oncology clinical trials. However, to the authors' knowledge, few studies to date have documented the reasons and predictors for dropout. In the current study, the authors' objective was to determine the rate, reasons, and fa...

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Published in:	Cancer Vol. 119; no. 5; pp. 1098 - 1105
Main Authors:	Hui, David, Glitza, Isabella, Chisholm, Gary, Yennu, Sriram, Bruera, Eduardo
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.03.2013 Wiley-Blackwell
Subjects:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over attrition Biological and medical sciences clinical trial Clinical Trials as Topic Dyspnea Fatigue Female Hospitalization Humans Male Medical sciences Middle Aged neoplasms Neoplasms - therapy Palliative Care Patient Dropouts predictors research design supportive care symptoms Tumors Young Adult predictors attrition research design Research Malignant tumor symptoms Symptomatology Cancerology Palliative care Clinical trial Supportive care Predictive factor neoplasms Cancer
ISSN:	0008-543X, 1097-0142, 1097-0142
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