How should we conduct and interpret phase III clinical trials in palliative care?
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Date
2010-01
Authors
Abernethy, Amy Pickar
Clark, Katherine
Currow, David Christopher
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Elsevier
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© 2010 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Abstract
The article by Wildiers et al.1 raises some challenges in terms of ethical approaches to phase III end-of-life studies and their interpretation. Although the authors should be commended for undertaking a large, multisite, randomized, controlled trial in palliative care, there are fundamental questions that do need to be addressed before the first steps can be taken to adopt the study's findings into practice.
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Palliative care
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Abernethy, A.P., Clark, K. and Currow, D.C., 2010. How should we conduct and interpret phase III clinical trials in palliative care? Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 39(1), e6-e8.