什么是患病瘤学临床试验? 我们能解决这些问题吗?
Abhenil Mittal1, Sara Moore2, Vishal Navani3,4
1North East Cancer Center, Health Sciences North, Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM U), Sudbury, ON P3E5J1, Canada.
Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)
|July 26, 2024
概括
癌症患者的临床试验面临诸如患者积累速度缓慢和限制性标准等挑战,延迟药物开发. 本综述探讨了改善患者获取和简化癌症临床试验的解决方案.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 临床试验设计 临床试验设计
- 翻译研究是翻译研究.
背景情况:
- 第三阶段临床试验对于推进癌症治疗和塑造临床实践至关重要.
- 目前,很少有癌症患者参与临床试验,许多试验由于患者积累缓慢而出现延迟.
- 现有的试验协议往往具有限制性资格标准和后勤障碍,限制了患者的访问和试验效率.
研究的目的:
- 确定和分析阻碍患者参与和及时完成癌症临床试验的关键障碍.
- 讨论实际解决方案,以提高临床试验设计和进行中的以患者为中心性和可访问性.
- 为研究人员,患者和监管机构提供见解,以改善癌症治疗药物的临床试验生态系统.
主要方法:
- 本综述综合了临床试验者的现实观察和经验.
- 它批判性地检查了试验设计,资格标准,监管流程和试验进行中的常见问题.
- 基于癌症临床试验中遇到的实际挑战,讨论了潜在的解决方案.
主要成果:
- 限制性资格标准限制了患者的访问,没有明显的安全益处.
- 监管,组织和机构障碍导致试验激活的重大延迟.
- 不以患者为中心的试验行为,包括强制性面对面访问和不灵活的协议,阻碍了参与.
结论:
- 解决临床试验设计和进行中的障碍对于加速新型癌症药物的可用性至关重要.
- 实施以患者为中心的方法和简化流程可以显著提高试验积累和完成率.
- 需要利益相关者之间的协作努力,以使癌症临床试验更容易获得和更有效.
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