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How to Request a Clinical Trial

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People who participate in a clinical trial lend a hand to medical researchers by allowing themselves to be part of the testing process. The only way for medical professionals to know how a particular drug works on people is to test it on humans. Add these two facts together and you will find that a clinical trial request helps everyone.

From Quick Guide: Guide to Clinical Studies
Difficulty: Challenging
Instructions
  1. Step 1

    Consider the medication for which you want to request the clinical trial. Check with the organization in charge of the clinical trial to see what steps you will need to perform.

  2. Step 2

    Accumulate all paperwork pertaining to the medication, therapy and human use. Thoroughly detail the need for toxicological testing in your request as well as expected pharmacological findings.

  3. Step 3

    Advise officials of any amendments to protocol you suggest if this product is already in use. Note in the request documentation when the trial will end and how that time will be determined.

  4. Step 4

    Make the first contact to the trial organization a phone call, fax or email. Touching base briefly sets the tone. Follow up with the official application and all paperwork in writing.

  5. Step 5

    Review the expected process in your request. After the research study, you will be able to find out how a drug works for human use. If humans have used the drug already, perhaps there are new ways to use it in treating ailments that has been unearthed.

  6. Step 6

    Discuss other additions in your review to the protocol. This would include lifestyle changes for the person needing the drug on trial. Each of the three trials performed is designed to find out a specific fact.

Tips & Warnings
  • As the population ages, there is more of a need for clinical trials. If you have a drug that needs to be tested, don't forget the age variable.
  • Think about volunteering to be part of a clinical trial.
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