Patient-reported Outcomes as a Source of Evidence in Off-Label Prescribing: Analysis of Data From PatientsLikeMe

• Main Authors: Frost, Jeana (Author), Okun, Sally (Author), Vaughan, Timothy (Author), Heywood, James (Author), Wicks, Paul (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Evaluating a new use for an existing drug can be expensive and time consuming. Providers and patients must all too often rely upon their own individual-level experience to inform clinical practice, which generates only anecdotal and unstructured data. While academic-led clinical trials ar...