Patient recruitment into clinical studies of solid malignancies during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary cancer center.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

To analyze clinical trial activities and patient recruitment numbers into prospective clinical studies for solid malignancies during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary cancer center.

Materials and methods

Patient recruitment numbers in prospective clinical studies of solid malignancies were retrospectively analyzed for the years 2019 - 2021 at the Comprehensive Cancer Center Zurich (CCCZ). Changes in recruitment numbers were tested for association with organ-specific subunits, as well as organizational and treatment-related trial characteristics. To assess differences between categorical variables, Chi-squared test was used. For uni- and multivariate analysis, Cox proportional hazards were calculated.

Results

In 2019, there were a total of 107

SUBMITTER: von der Grun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10630114 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature