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. 2020 Jun 1;3(6):e2010651.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.10651.

Association of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak With Enrollment in Cancer Clinical Trials

Joseph M Unger  1 , Charles D Blanke  2 , Michael LeBlanc  1 , Dawn L Hershman  3
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Association of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Outbreak With Enrollment in Cancer Clinical Trials

Joseph M Unger et al. JAMA Netw Open. .

Abstract

This cohort study investigates how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is associated with national enrollment in cancer clinical trials.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr LeBlanc reported receiving grants from the National Institutes of Health outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Enrollment to National Cancer Institute–Sponsored Trials vs Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Incidence
The first case of COVID-19 in the US was detected on January 21, 2020. For presentation and estimation purposes, the weekly total for the partial week January 1 to 4 was estimated as the mean daily rate for January 2 to 4 multiplied by 7. The vertical gray bar indicates week 12, when COVID-19 cases in the US increased nearly 10-fold.
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