Diabetes Clinical Trial Update
Diabetic clinical trials are an important element of battling diabetes.
What are clinical trials?
Basically a clinical trial is a scientific research involving people, that studies the effects of a new medication, therapy or device to determine if it is safe and effective.
In the United States, clinical trials are monitored by the Food and Drug Administration.
The Phases of a Clinical Trial:
Phase I evaluates dosage parameters.
Phase II continues to evaluate safety and begins to study efficacy.
Phase III compares the new drug with standards of care or if there are none, a placebo.
Phase IV is used if the drug normally used as a standard is to be used for another condition or if the formulation is changed. This phase may also be used for extended studies on drug side effects.
Diabetes clinical trials may involve studies of prevention of diabetes or the treatment of types of diabetes.
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