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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Cancer. 2016 Dec 24;72:71–77. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2016.11.005

Table 2.

Industry Involvement Status and Trial Design and Outcome

Trial
Variable
No funding
(n= 70)
Funding only
(n = 41)
Collaboration
(n = 111)
No. (%) RR (95% CI) No. (%) RR (95% CI) P Value No. (%) RR (95% CI) P Value
ITT
analysis
39 (55·7) 1 (ref) 21 (51·2) 0·92 (0·64–1·32) 0·70 81 (73·0) 1·31 (1·03–1·65) 0·023
Placebo
Control
used
9 (12·9) 1 (ref) 7 (17·1) 1·33 (0·53–3·30) 0·58 51 (45·9) 3·57 (1·88–6·79) <0·001
Patient
blinded
11 (15·7) 1 (ref) 7 (17·1) 1·09 (0·46–2·58) 0·99 53 (47·7) 3·04 (1·71–5·41) <0·001
Clinician
blinded
10 (14·3) 1 (ref) 7 (17·1) 1·20 (0·49–2·90) 0·79 53 (47·7) 3·34 (1·82–6·13) <0·001
Outcome
assessor
blinded
9 (12·9) 1 (ref) 11 (26·8) 2·09 (0·95–4·61) 0·077 43 (38·7) 3·01 (1·57–5·79) <0·001
Primary
endpoint:
OS
14 (20·0) 1 (ref) 10 (24·4) 1·22 (0·60–2·49) 0·64 28 (25·2) 1·26 (0·72–2·22) 0·47
Positive
result
37 (52·9) 1 (ref) 18 (43·9) 0·83 (0·55–1·25) 0·43 64 (57·7) 1·09 (0·84–1·43) 0·54

ITT=intention-to-treat; OS=Overall survival; PFS=progression-free survival; DFS=disease-free survival