Abstract
Phase I clinical trials of new anticancer drugs and therapies, while critical to the development of new treatment, rarely benefit participants directly. Despite the potential risks and unknown benefits, however, many patients willingly enter these trials. Researchers know little about their motivation for doing so or the effect of their participation on their quality of life. The purpose of this study was to explore and describe, from the perspective of the patient, the essential structure of the lived experience of participating in Phase I clinical trials. This study used a phenomenological approach, assuming that the way to understand a phenomenon of interest is through the subjective words of the person who has experienced it.
Sigma Membership
Phi Alpha
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
Phenomenology
Research Approach
Qualitative Research
Keywords:
Drug Trials, Patient Motivations, Trial Participations
Advisor
Nancy Anderson
Degree
PhD
Degree Grantor
University of California, Los Angeles
Degree Year
1998
Recommended Citation
Mack, Carol H., "The quest for treatment: Cancer patients' experience of Phase I clinical trials" (2020). Dissertations. 1263.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/1263
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Review Type
None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2020-10-13
Full Text of Presentation
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Description
This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9906195; ProQuest document ID: 304412292. The author still retains copyright.