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Elderly patients in randomized clinical trials: ethical issues

About authors

1 Рeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia

2 Municipal Clinical Hospital No. 24 of Healthcare Department of Moscow, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Olga I. Butranova
ul. Miklukho-Maclay, 6, Moscow, 117198, Russia; ur.ndur@io-avonartub

About paper

Author contribution: Butranova OI — literature analysis, collection, analysis and writing the text for publication, research planning; Zyryanov SK — data analysis and interpretation.

Received: 2023-01-30 Accepted: 2023-02-28 Published online: 2023-03-06
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Fig. 1. Comparative assessment of the significance of problems associated with the inclusion of elderly patients in RCTs. Mean number of points awarded per item (standard error range: 0.17–9.17) (reproduced from [8]).
Fig. 2. Comparative assessment of the significance of options for solving problems associated with the inclusion of elderly patients in RCTs (in points) (from [8]).