Comparison of Treatment Effect Estimates for Pharmacological Randomized Controlled Trials Enrolling Older Adults Only and Those including Adults: A Meta-Epidemiological Study

Valérie Seegers,Ludovic Trinquart,Isabelle Boutron,Philippe Ravaud

Comparison of Treatment Effect Estimates for Pharmacological Randomized Controlled Trials Enrolling Older Adults Only and Those including Adults: A Meta-Epidemiological Study

2013

Valérie Seegers
Ludovic Trinquart
Isabelle Boutron
Philippe Ravaud

Context Older adults are underrepresented in clinical research. To assess therapeutic efficacy in older patients, some randomized controlled trials (RCTs) include older adults only.

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Alternative medicine
Randomized controlled trial
Epidemiology
Clinical research
Physical therapy
Medicine
Odds ratio
Placebo
Systematic review
Internal medicine
Cochrane Library
Gerontology
Meta-analysis

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