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A randomised, double blind, placebo-controlled trial of megestrol acetate or dexamethasone in treating symptomatic anorexia in people with advanced cancer

This multi-site, double blind, parallel arm, fixed dose, randomised placebo controlled phase III study compared megestrol acetate 480 mg/day with dexamethasone 4 mg/day for their net effects on appetite in people with cancer anorexia. Patients with advanced cancer and anorexia for ≥ 2 weeks with a s...

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Autores principales: Currow, David C., Glare, Paul, Louw, Sandra, Martin, Peter, Clark, Katherine, Fazekas, Belinda, Agar, Meera R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7844230/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33510313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82120-8