Clinical trials are conducted by research and investigative teams to determine if a newly discovered medicine, device or lifestyle choice would be beneficial. They are typically conducted through clinical trials.
Types of studies
There are many types of clinical trials and paid research studies, ranging from observational studies and prevention trials to interventional studies. Participants are given an experimental drug or device, and the results are assessed. Clinical trials are usually the end of a long road when it comes to pharmaceutical developments, for example. Just to release a new drug for human use, it would need to have undergone stringent clinical trials and studies to verify its efficiency and safety for general use. Some trials are conducted on existing data; these are called fixed trials.
Interventional studies are usually conducted in a clinical setting over a short period of time. However, there have been some longer-term studies, out of the clinical setting, that have been conducted over many years. These are typically observational studies and particularly seen in diet, lifestyle and disease prevention research.
Clinical trials and studies are rigorously documented, and results are released and reviewed through peer journals. This transparency of releasing research and results of trials opens up that particular field of research and allows other professionals to review or discuss the results.
However, trials are costly to conduct and can be undertaken by a single pharmaceutical or medical device company, as a collaboration between research companies or even countries. There is often a race to develop new pharmaceuticals, for example, due to the large profits to be gained through the development and release of new drugs.
How to participate
You can participate in a clinical study as a volunteer or a paid participant at paid research trials from Trials 4 Us. Volunteers are sometimes recruited through clinicians, particularly if their condition could benefit from a clinical trial or study. Paid participants are usually recruited from the general population to evaluate and assess the side-effects and optimum dosage of a particular drug on a healthy body. They are found through advertisements for a particular demographic of the population answering the criteria of a particular age or gender.
Therefore, releasing new research and development for general use requires rigorous research. Clinical trials and studies are necessities that drive the safety and reliability of that research forward.
