Clinical Research & Clinical Trials

Clinical study design advancements

The formulation of trials and experiments, as well as observational studies, in medical, clinical, and other sorts of research involving humans is known as clinical study design. A clinical study's purpose is to evaluate the safety, efficacy, and mechanism of action of an investigational medical product or procedure, or novel medicine or technology that is in development but has not yet been approved by a health authority. It can also be used to explore a medicine, equipment, or technique that has already been approved but requires additional research, generally in terms of long-term effects or cost-effectiveness. A randomised controlled trial is a form of scientific experiment that seeks to eliminate bias when assessing a novel treatment. An adaptive clinical trial is a clinical study that examines a medical device or treatment by observing participant results on a predetermined schedule and altering trial protocol parameters in accordance with those observations.