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This is, in part, because scales and measures of QOL are still relatively unfamiliar to most clinicians and because population-based reference ranges are lacking, thus making clinical trial results difficult to interpret. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Methods: To aid in the interpretation of QOL results from clinical trials, we administered the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy\u2013Anemia (FACT-An) QOL instrument to a nationally representative sample of 1,400 people using an Internet survey panel in the United States. We then compared the FACT-An data from the Internet survey with the QOL data of a 375-patient randomized, double-blind clinical trial evaluating epoetin alfa versus placebo in anemic cancer patients. <\/jats:p><jats:p> Results: FACT-An, as administered to the survey population, displayed good psychometric properties and was able to discriminate between respondents with histories of specified illnesses, including anemia and cancer, and those without. Comparison of the population norm and clinical trial data showed that treatment with epoetin alfa resulted in clinically meaningful as well as statistically significant improvements in QOL (P &lt; .01). <\/jats:p><jats:p> Conclusion: Reliable population norm data are now available to aid in the interpretation of clinical trial results where the FACT-An questionnaire is administered. 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