What is clinical research?
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Piedmont Heart Institute answered:Clinical research refers to studies in which people participate as patients or volunteers. Different terms are used to describe clinical research, including clinical studies, clinical trials, studies, research, trials, and protocols. Clinical research may have a number of goals, such as developing new treatments or medications, identifying causes of illness, studying trends, or evaluating ways in which genetics may be related to an illness.
Confidentiality is an important part of clinical research and ensures that personal information is seen only by those authorized to have access. It also means that the personal identity and all medical information of clinical trial participants are known only to the individual patient and researchers. Results from a study will usually be presented only in terms of trends or overall findings and will not mention specific participants.
People sometimes think that participating in a study will require changes to their current treatment, but this is not always the case. Though some studies may require participants to try new medications or treatments, other studies use techniques such as brain scans, psychological tests, behavioral observation, or blood tests for genetic evaluation. Such studies may not require any change in treatment.
This answer is based on source information from National Institute of Mental Health.
Clinical research refers to studies in which people participate as patients or volunteers. Different terms are used to describe clinical research, including clinical studies, clinical trials, studies, research, trials, and protocols. Clinical... More -
Dr. Ruth Politi of Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) answered:Clinical research refers to studies or trials that usually involve drugs or devices for humans. The research will often begin in the lab and as researchers learn more, experiments may be done on animals before they are done on humans. Once human experimentation begins, it usually goes through Phases I - IV. An Institutional Review Board and the FDA will oversee each phase of the research study. This '3rd party' oversight is essential to protect the rights of human subjects and to look at the safety profile of the drug or device under study. To learn more and clinical research studies, please visit www.ClinicalTrials.gov
Clinical research refers to studies or trials that usually involve drugs or devices for humans. The research will often begin in the lab and as researchers learn more, experiments may be done on animals before they are done on humans. Once human... More
