Table 1. General characteristics of registered interventional trials studying exclusively elderly persons.
Characteristic | Trials studying exclusively elderly persons, N = 1,112 |
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Intervention type, N (%) | |
Drug | 368 (33.1) |
Device | 87 (7.8) |
Behavioral | 195 (17.5) |
Procedure | 70 (6.3) |
Biologic | 78 (7.0) |
Dietary supplement | 108 (9.7) |
Radiation | 7 (0.6) |
Genetic | 1 (0.1) |
Other | 198 (17.8) |
Primary Purpose, N (%) | |
Treatment | 579 (52.1) |
Prevention | 264 (41.1) |
Supportive care | 64 (5.8) |
Health services research | 57 (5.1) |
Diagnostic/screening | 42 (3.8) |
Basic science | 29 (2.6) |
Not stated | 75 (6.8) |
Primary Funding Source, N (%) | |
Industry | 210 (18.9) |
Non-industry | 902 (81.1) |
Start Year, N (%) | |
2006–2007 | 204 (18.5) |
2008–2009 | 248 (22.3) |
2010–2011 | 307 (27.6) |
2012–2014 | 353 (31.7) |