INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL RESEARCH

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CLINICAL RESEARCH

2. Clinical development of drug: 

Introduction to Clinical trials

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CLINICAL TRIALS

• It is an experimental epidemiological method.

• It is an interventional study on individuals, usually on patients.

• A research study in human volunteers to answer a specific health question

IMPORTANCE

• As they provide better evidence of the effect or the outcome that cannot be obtained

with any other observational method.

• The variation is minimized and bias is controlled , hence more valid and their results

speak truth.

• Enjoying maximum confidence just like any other scientific laboratory experiment

• Providing maximum amount of assurance

• Fastest and safest way to find treatments that work in people and ways to improve

health

OBJECTIVES

• Intervention trials determine whether experimental treatments or trials are safe and

effective under controlled environments

• Observation trials address health issues in large groups of people in natural settings.

TYPES OF TRIALS:

• Treatment trials

• Prevention trials

• Diagnostic trials

• Screening trials

• Quality of life trials

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INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL RESEARCH