Journal article
Funding Oncology Clinical Trials: Are Cooperative Group Trials Sustainable?
Abstract
PURPOSE: Many oncology clinical trials departments (CTDs) are in serious fiscal deficit and their sustainability is in jeopardy. This study investigates whether the payment models used to fund industry versus cooperative group trials contribute to the fiscal deficit of a CTD.
METHODS: We examined the lifetime costs of all cooperative group and industry trials activated in the CTD of a cancer center between 2007 and 2011. A trial's lifetime is …
Authors
Seow H-Y; Whelan P; Levine MN; Cowan K; Lysakowski B; Kowaleski B; Snider A; Xu RY; Arnold A
Journal
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol. 30, No. 13, pp. 1456–1461
Publisher
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
Publication Date
May 1, 2012
DOI
10.1200/jco.2011.37.2698
ISSN
0732-183X