Inclusion of elderly individuals in clinical trials
Subtitle: cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular therapy as a model
By: workshop chairman and proceedings editor, Nanette K. Wenger
Contributors: Wenger, Nanette Kass
Publisher: Marion Merrell Dow
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Kansas City, MO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Copyright date: 1993
Subjects: Cardiovascular diseases in old age; Congresses; Clinical trials; Cardiovascular system; Diseases; Chemotherapy; Geriatric pharmacology; Testing; Clinical Trials as Topic; Cardiovascular Diseases; Drug Therapy; Aged
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Overview: Background data; title: Special issues related to clinical trials in the elderly; title: Methodologic issues: Screening/recruitment/enrollment; title: Follow-up; title: Allocation and randomization; title: Hypothesis generation; title: Respondent burden; title: Compliance data; title: Outcome measures (other than morbidity and mortality); title: Clinical trial oversight; title: FDA guidelines for study of drugs in the elderly; title: Summary-areas of needed information for cardiovascular disease in the elderly: Prevention; title: Diagnostic procedures; title: Drug therapy; title: Surgery; title: Summary.