Clinical Trials in Older Adults
, by Cherubini, Antonio; Bernabei, Roberto; Ferrucci, Luigi; Marchionni, Niccolò; Studenski, Stephanie; Vellas, BrunoNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781118323496 | 1118323491
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 9/28/2015
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