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Old 01-14-2010, 09:59 AM
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Confused Debi

There are several scales out there for rating dyskinesias. Will inclusion criteria require that the scales have been field tested (Piloted)?

Another question: almost every patient diary or anecdotal noteso that Ive seen in clinical trial study rates dyskinnesia presence.

for example, many patient diaries are stated like this:
ON/with dyskinesia
ON/without dyskinesia
OFF/with dyskinesia
OFF/without dyskinesia

I suppose this has been included to sort of report whether not new treatments show side effects of dyskinesias.

Final question: Patient diaries are usually completed by (surprise!) patients. Wouldn't there be a lot of subjective data if what the doctor sees as dyskinesia, the patient does not?

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