Inclusion of older patients with cancer in randomised controlled trials with patient-reported outcomes: a systematic review

Objectives Inclusion of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in cancer randomised controlled trials (RCTs) may be particularly important for older patients. The objectives of this systematic review were to quantify the frequency with which older patients are included in RCTs with PROs and to evaluate the quality of PRO reporting in those trials. Methods All RCTs with PRO endpoints, published between January 2004 and February 2019, which included a...