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Federal and industry sponsorship in US cancer clinical trials

JAMA Oncology

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About the Study: In a comparative study of 11,681 US cancer clinical trial, industry-sponsored trials were more likely to focus on single-agent drug therapies, while federally sponsored trials were more likely to evaluate nontreatment interventions, multimodality treatment strategies, deescalation approaches, and therapies for rare cancers and children.

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Corresponding Author: Joseph M. Unger, PhD, SWOG Statistics and Data Management Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, M3-C102, PO Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109-1024 (junger@fredhutch.org).

10.1001/jamaoncol.2026.3026

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