Stephanie Vella | Akateeminen Kirjakauppa

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