WILL CLINICAL TRIALS EVER RULE THE WORLD?

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WILL CLINICAL TRIALS EVER RULE THE WORLD?

Clinical trials are one of the chief pace in discovering, developing, investigating drugs, devices, cosmetics and vaccines to evaluate its safety and efficacy for its intended purpose. Clinical trials being prospective rather than retrospective engages ten to thousands of individuals. Clinical trials are mainly essential for the development of new drug molecules pertaining to a certain disease. Beyond clinical trials, there is no other way to access the safety and efficacy of new treatments. For example, in the present scenario of coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak, there is an emerging need of vaccine where each and every individual is hankering throughout the world. Besides the urge of vaccine, clinical trials are being conducted even in this crunch situation so that safe and efficacious vaccine will be dished out to the humankind.

Why do we need clinical trial?

Clinical trial is needed to answer the following questions

•  Do really a new treatment work?
•  Do the new treatments work better than existing treatments?
•  Does it have any adverse effects?

Clinical trails are designed mainly to answer such scientific questions to improve the patient health and quality of life. As far as up to par designed trails have been performed, there is no ample evidence that the new treatment is safe and effective to the society. Clinical trials aids in not only correlate between drugs but also different treatments pertaining to diverse conditions. Apart from this, clinical trials also provide guidance to physicians in proper decision making concerning the treatment of particular illness. Thus, such studies ensue strict standards and guidelines to protect the health of public along with bringing forth the decisive results. 

Why clinical trials are much significant?

Clinical trials are a prerequisite for evidence-based medicine in such contemporary world. Clinical trials when well-designed assists many individuals mainly patients participating in trial, investigators, sponsors and the society. Clinical trials are considered significant than any other practices as it out weighs the risks over benefits which aids the physician whether the adverse effects associated with the new treatment is acceptable or not. With inclusion of investigating new drugs and devices, clinical trials grant a scientific ground for advising and treating patients. Clinical trials also afford well executed opportunities for the participants to get access to expert care at dominant health care facilities all along the trial, benefit other by committing to the advancements in medical field knowledge. During the clinical trials, the regulatory bodies works to care for the participants and also will assure proper information to decide whether to join a clinical trial and also protects the participants from irrational risks inspite of controlling the inevitable risks. Before conduction of every clinical trial, it is monitored by an Institutional Review Board to make clear that risks are as low as possible with any benefits. The trial team also discuss as much as possible information pertaining to the trail such as purpose, kind of treatments, possible risks, adverse effects, benefits, duration etc. Such entire processes accomplish clinical trials to be significant. 

Conclusion

Clinical research has undergone several advancements in recent decades through expanding access to the information that has empowered patients to have greater autonomy in the treatment development process. Hence, clinical trials are going to emerge as evolving practices in the forthcoming decennaries. 

                                                

International clinical trials is celebrated on May 20 which provides an opportunity to research organization, clinical research professionals and society to acknowledge the achievements in clinical trials.

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