What are Clinical Trials?
Clinical trials are trials of new treatments, drugs, or procedures that can help doctors or researchers determine if a treatment is safe and effective. Clinical trials are used around the world as one of the final stages of testing for new drugs or medications. The exact purpose of the clinical trial will depend on what is being tested.
Clinical trials use human patients to get a real understanding of the treatment’s impact on the human body or human disease. In some cases, other patients may be given a placebo drug to test if the effects of the treatment are mental or attributed to the actual drug.
Clinical trials have played a vital role in the improvement of modern medicine. Without them, the world’s medical researchers and doctors wouldn’t have a viable way of testing procedures or treatments before releasing them to the market. Federal authorities have strict rules on drugs and medications that haven’t been released to the public yet, and clinical trials are one of those steps required before public release.
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Why Clinical Trials?
If you or a loved one suffer from a disease or condition, a clinical trial may be able to help you cure or alleviate your symptoms.
While nothing is guaranteed, the outcomes of clinical trials can often be positive— it may lead to the discovery of a new treatment or drug.
In addition, the drugs or treatments used in clinical trials are often not publicly available. You wouldn’t have access to the treatment outside of a clinical trial.
If you want to try a new treatment that may have a positive impact on your health, a clinical trial can sometimes be the only way to get access to it.
Clinical trials are especially advantageous for individuals who are not responding to traditional methods or those how have exhausted other current treatment options. They’re also beneficial to those who have conditions that don’t currently have cures or treatments.
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