Clinical trials in older adults
著者
書誌事項
Clinical trials in older adults
Wiley Blackwell, 2015
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
Other editors: Roberto Bernabei, Luigi Ferrucci, Niccolò Marchionni, Stephanie Studenski, Bruno Vellas
内容説明・目次
内容説明
Clinical Trials in Older Adults is the first book to consider the methodological issues underlying the evaluation of new treatments in older people.
Provides information on the methodology, monitoring and regulations for those planning to conduct a clinical trials involving older adults
Contains examples of ongoing trials involving older adults, and presents the main characteristics of many recently published
Depicts how the issues regarding older adults in clinical trials could be properly addressed with the appropriate study design and conduct
Identifies key issues in performing clinical trials in older patients with common geriatric conditions, i.e. Alzheimer's dementia, depression, low muscle mass, cancer
目次
- Contributors vii Preface xi Part I: The frame 1 The exclusion of older subjects from clinical trials: the PREDICT study 3 Antonio Cherubini & Peter Crome 2 Clinical trials in older adults: a point of view from the industry 23 Susanna Del Signore & Philippe Guillet 3 Ethical issues in clinical trials involving older subjects: the right to participate in clinical trials and have access to care
- the protection of vulnerable subjects and the issue of informed consent 45 Emmanuel Hirsch & Paul ]Loup Weil ]Dubuc Part II: The implementation 4 Mastering the design of clinical trials for older persons: the tension between external validity and feasibility 63 Luigi Ferrucci & Stephanie Studenski 5 Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic studies in older adults 79 Arduino A. Mangoni, Paul A.F. Jansen & Stephen H.D. Jackson 6 The role of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) of older adults in clinical studies 95 Graziano Onder, Agnese Collamati, Andrea Poscia & Roberto Bernabei 7 Statistical issues in designing and interpreting clinical trials in older adults 107 Heather Allore, Mark A. Espeland & Michael E. Miller Part III: The examples 8 Challenges in implementing large ]scale clinical trials in moderately functioning older adults 127 Stephen D. Anton, Sandrine Sourdet, Marco Pahor & Todd Manini 9 Clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease 153 Julien Delrieu & Bruno Vellas 10 Clinical trials in late ]life mood disorders 173 Lucio Ghio, Werner Natta, Marco Vaggi & Luigi Ferrannini 11 Clinical trials for conditions of low muscle mass and strength 197 Stephanie Studenski, Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo & Luigi Ferrucci 12 Clinical trials of cancer treatment in the elderly 219 Lodovico Balducci. Iordanis Gravanis & Francesco Pignatti 13 Clinical trials in nursing homes: challenges and practical solutions 231 Sandra Simmons, Barbara Resnick, John Schnelle & Joseph G. Ouslander Index 255
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