From: Are cancer patients better off if they participate in clinical trials? A mixed methods study
Design of trial versus non-trial comparison | |
• Randomised controlled | 0 |
• Natural experiment | 0 |
• Eligible refuser | 0 |
• Prospective cohort | 1a |
• Retrospective cohort | 8b |
Type of clinical trials patients participated in | |
• Randomised only | 4c |
• Other | 5d |
Type of malignant disease | |
• Haematological | 1 |
• Solid tumour | 8 |
Baseline differences accounted for | |
• Age | 5e |
• Sex | 8f |
• Stage | 8g |
• Performance status | 5h |
• Comorbidity | 4i |
• Socioeconomic status | 4j |
• Treatment centre | 7k |
Type of analysis | |
• Unadjusted only | 2 |
• Adjusted only | 0 |
• Both adjusted and unadjusted | 7 |
Non-trial patients restricted to those meeting trial eligibility criteria | |
• Yes | 2l |
• No | 7 |