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What Is Clinical Research?

Clinical research, also known as clinical trials or clinical studies, is the engine driving medical innovation and improving healthcare worldwide. It’s where scientists, doctors, and volunteers come together to explore new treatments, therapies, and health strategies. At the heart of clinical research are real people, like us, making a difference by contributing to studies that shape the future of medicine.

Clinical Research Helps Improve Healthcare Outcomes

Between 2020–2021, only a small share of study participants were a part of underserved communities. When we’re not included, it’s harder to know if treatments work well for us.

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Parameters That Protect Us

The history of clinical research studies involving Black participants has been marked by both harm and progress. While past injustices like the Tuskegee study highlight the need for watchfulness and ethical safeguards, measures implemented over the years aim to ensure that research benefits and protects all individuals, regardless of race.

Informed Consent

Before joining, you’ll learn about the study, what’s involved, and any possible risks and benefits.

Ethical review

A group of people who are part of the Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) or Ethics Committees checks to make sure the study is fair and safe for you and others.

Participant Eligibility Criteria

They’ll make sure the people joining fit the study and won’t be harmed.

Adverse Event Monitoring

They keep an eye out for any issues or side effects you might experience during the study.

Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB)

Independent groups watch closely to make sure everything is going well and make recommendations based on the progress.

Protocol, Regulatory and Medical oversight

Investigators, research staff, and regulatory agencies (like the FDA) make sure the study is following ethical standards. Doctors and other medical professionals also help address any health concerns that come up during the study.

Emergency Protocol

There’s a plan in place in case anything unexpected happens during the study.

Types Of Clinical Research

Observational studies

Researchers watch people to learn about their health without doing anything to change it.

Interventional Trials

These are tests to see if new treatments work and are safe.

Case-Control Studies

Researchers compare people with a certain condition to those without it to see why some people get sick.

Qualitative Studies

Researchers talk to people to learn about their experiences and feelings about their health.

Longitudinal Studies

Longitudinal Studies
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Longitudinal Studies

Longitudinal Studies
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Cross-Sectional Studies

Researchers look at people’s health at one point in time to see how common certain things are.

Cohort Studies

Researchers follow a group of people over time to see how certain things affect their health.

Experimental Studies

Researchers try new things to see how they affect people’s health.

Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)

These are tests where people are put into groups randomly to see if a treatment works.

Epidemiological Studies

Researchers study how diseases spread and what causes them.