[Clinical equipoise and randomised clinical trials in oncology]

C Ferté; A Hollebecque; J Salleron; N Penel

doi:10.1684/bdc.2009.0880

[Clinical equipoise and randomised clinical trials in oncology]

Bull Cancer. 2009 Jun;96(6):727-31. doi: 10.1684/bdc.2009.0880.

[Article in French]

Authors

C Ferté¹, A Hollebecque, J Salleron, N Penel

Affiliation

¹ Département de cancérologie générale, centre Oscar-Lambret, Lille, France.

PMID: 19470421
DOI: 10.1684/bdc.2009.0880

Abstract

We had defined, discussed and illustrated the principle of clinical equipoise that ethically and methodologically justifies the randomisation in clinical trials.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

Bayes Theorem
Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic / ethics
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Informed Consent / ethics
Medical Oncology / ethics*
Medical Oncology / standards
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / ethics*
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / standards
Uncertainty*