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Differences between a drug regimen employed in early phase 1 trials and the subsequent use of the agent in routine oncologic practice : A note of caution

✍ Scribed by Maurie Markman


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
62 KB
Volume
110
Category
Article
ISSN
0008-543X

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✦ Synopsis


It is reasonable to assume that a decision to permit wider access to new anticancer agents after the completion of only phase 1 trials will almost certainly result in the administration of such therapy to a substantial population of individuals who would not have been eligible for such “registration‐type” testing. However, the optimal use of antineoplastic agents in routine clinical practice may differ substantially from the doses and schedules examined in phase 1 clinical trials.