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Volume 3, Number 1, February 2012, pages 1-7
New Considerations in the Design of Clinical Trials for Bone Metastases
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Term | Definition |
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Complete Response | A pain score of zero at treated site with no concomitant increase in analgesic intake (stable or reducing analgesics in daily oral morphine equivalent (OMED)) |
Partial Response | Pain reduction of 2 or more at the treated site on a 0 - 10 scale without analgesic increase, or Analgesic reduction of 25% or more from baseline without an increase in pain. |
Pain Progression | Increase in pain score of 2 or more above baseline at the treated site with stable OMED, or An increase of 25% or more in OMED compared with baseline with the pain score stable or 1 point above baseline |
Indeterminate Response | Any response that is not captured by the complete response, partial response or pain progression definitions. |