Introduction To Clinical Trial
Introduction To Clinical Trial
• A critical function is the development of the study protocol which must clearly
describe the study design and methodology that applied to achieve the study
objectives.
• Clinical trial is the mainstay for bringing out new drugs to the market.
• Medical and behavioral research involving volunteer participants
• Investigations that are carefully developed and conducted with clinical
outcomes recorded
• Strict scientific guidelines
• Ethical principles to protect participants .
➢ Why participate in a clinical trial?
Because clinical trials are required of any new therapy prior to FDA
approval, major improvements in health care would be impossible
without volunteer participants. Participants in clinical trials can play a
more active role in their own health care, gain access to new research
treatments before they are widely available, and help others by
contributing to medical research.
➢ Why is clinical Research Important (Benefits)?
• Clinical trials test how well new approaches and interventions work in people
• Each study helps scientists prevent, screen for, diagnose, manage, and treat a
disease .
People who take part in clinical trials contribute to the knowledge of how a
disease progresses.
➢ Who can participate in a clinical trial?
• All clinical trials have guidelines about who can participate. The factors
that allow someone to participate in a clinical trial will vary from study to
study.
• These criteria are based on the goals of the study and include such factors
as age, the type and stage of a disease, previous treatment history, and other
medical conditions.
• The main goal for using volunteers in a clinical trial is to prove, by
scientific means, the effects and limitations of the experimental treatment
on a wide variety of people.
What Are Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria?
All clinical trials have guidelines about who can participate—these are specified in
the inclusion/exclusion criteria:
• Factors that allow someone to participate in a clinical trial are "inclusion criteria"
• Factors that exclude or do not allow participation in a clinical trial are "exclusion
criteria"
These factors may include:
• Age
• Gender
• The type and stage of a disease
• Previous treatment history
• Specific lab values
• Other medical conditions
Inclusion and exclusion criteria are not used to reject people personally. The criteria
are used to:
• Identify appropriate participants
• Keep them safe
• Help ensure that researchers can answer the questions they want answered
Where Do Clinical Trials Take Place?
• Medical centers
• Private and government hospitals and clinics
Clinical trials may include participants at one or two highly specialized centers. Or
they may Involve hundreds of locations at the same time.
What Are Some of the Possible Risks Associated with Taking Part in a
Clinical Trial?