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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2011 Oct 8;33(1):184–196. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2011.09.019

Table 4.

Dose Escalation/Change in Study Medication and Management of Side Effects between Medication Steps, based on Efficacy and Tolerability.

Efficacy
Yes (PGSC* 4,5) No (PGSC 1-3)
Tolerability Yes No change in medication No need to manage side effects Dose escalate or change study medication
No No change in medication Aggressively manage side effects Dose escalate/change study medication and aggressively manage side effects
*

PGSC=Patient Global Symptom Control rating