Clinical Trials in Older Adults

Niccolo Marchionni author Bruno Vellas author Stephanie Studenski author Antonio Cherubini author Roberto Bernabei author Luigi Ferrucci author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:25th Sep '15

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Clinical Trials in Older Adults cover

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

“Clinical Trials in Older Adults” is essential reading for anyone developing drugs or medical devices that could be useful treatments for the elderly." (Journal of Clinical Research Best Practices 2016)

ISBN: 9781118323496

Dimensions: 252mm x 178mm x 20mm

Weight: 581g

280 pages