Annals of Oncology | 2019
Supportive and Palliative care research guideline (General remarks)
Abstract
Abstract In Japan there are serious problems in the system of clinical research especially in supportive and palliative care. The main reason is that there is no stipulated guideline. The methodology of clinical research in supportive and palliative care is different from that in medical oncology field in terms of the style of multidisciplinary approaches, study design, and endpoints. To provide enough information for researchers, it is necessary to make rule guideline of both general remarks and detailed exposition. Here we conduct the project of making reserach policy in supportive and palliative care fileld Supportive and Palliative care research guideline (General remarks) Considering the minor difference between each specific field, this guideline shows the basic concept of supportive and palliative care research. The contents in detail is as follows; definition of supportive care and palliative care, characteristics of study, subject of study, study design, endpoints and outcome measure, death with 30 days in palliative care research, Enforce system and management of the study. We hope this policy will contribute to future development in these fields.