Clinical trials help everyone who has, or may someday have a particular illness or condition and these trials must take place before new treatments can even be made available.
Clinical Trials are designed to add to the medical knowledge related to the treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of diseases or conditions. The data collected also provides researchers with the opportunities to develop innovative treatments for conditions.
Each clinical trial has a reason for being conducted some common reasons, according to Clinicaltrials.gov include:
- Evaluating one or more interventions (for example, drugs, medical devices, approaches to surgery or radiation therapy) for treating a disease, syndrome, or condition
- Finding ways to prevent the initial development or recurrence of a disease or condition. These can include medicines, vaccines, or lifestyle changes, among other approaches.
- Evaluating one or more interventions aimed at identifying or diagnosing a particular disease or condition
- Examining methods for identifying a condition or risk factors for that condition
- Exploring and measuring ways to improve the comfort and quality of life of people with a chronic illness through supportive care