Recommendations from national regulatory agencies for ongoing cancer trials during the COVID-19 pandemic
Bruno H R de Paula
Indiara Araújo
Lívia Bandeira
Nathália M P B Barreto
Gary J Doherty
Published:April 08, 2020DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30226-6
Clinical research has transformed cancer care and is often integrated seamlessly into routine oncology clinics, offering eligible patients additional treatment options or lines of therapy. Typically, and particularly for diseases with poor prognoses or when trials entail biomarker-directed personalised treatment, clinical trial enrolment can be preferred (by both doctors and patients) over standard care.