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    Control Clin Trials. 2004 Apr;25(2):203-22.

    Implementation of the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT).

    Goodman PJ, Tangen CM, Crowley JJ, Carlin SM, Ryan A, Coltman CA Jr, Ford LG, Thompson IM.

    Southwest Oncology Group Statistical Center, M/S M3-C102, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA. pgoodman@fhcrc.org

    The Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial is a randomized double blind chemoprevention trial of 18,882 men. It is designed to test the difference in the histologically proven prostate cancer prevalence between a group of participants given finasteride and another given placebo for 7 years. We present an overview of the study design, details of the administrative structure of the study and a description of the successful implementation of the accrual phase.

    PMID: 15020037 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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