A clinical trial is a research program that involves participants testing a new drug or treatment. Investigators try to determine the safety and efficacy of the intervention by measuring certain outcomes in the participants.
A clinical trial is a research program that involves participants testing a new drug or treatment. Investigators try to determine the safety and efficacy of the intervention by measuring certain outcomes in the participants.
Clinical trials are run by a principal investigator and a research team including doctors, nurses and other health care professionals.
The project is described in a protocol and must always answer the following key questions:
How well does the drug tested work?
Is it more effective than current treatment?
Is it safe and are there any side effects?
Focuses on the safety of the drug and is usually conducted with healthy volunteers. The goal is to determine the drugs most frequent and serious adverse events.
Research is conducted to see whether the treatment is effective in a group of people who have a certain condition or disease. A placebo is often use and safety continues to be evaluated.
The safety of the drug is further studied. Testing takes place on different populations with varying dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs.
This phase occurs after the drugs have been approved by the necessary authorities for marketing. The drug continues to be monitored once it is on the market.
We offer participation in research projects that are relevant to you. In addition, you will receive newsletters about research, research reports and more. Registration is free of charge and participation in clinical trials is voluntary.
You will receive access to the latest treatments for free
You will contribute to the development of new medicines and treatments for future generations and people with the same disease as you
You will receive care and attention from highly specialised medical staff and experts
You will gain thorough knowledge about your own illness
You will ensure that medical research and development continues to progress in British hospitals
You will most often be reimbursed for travel expenses and in some cases, you will also receive financial compensation for your participation
Through signing up to the British Research Panel, we will keep you informed via email on any studies that could be relevant to you. You can also check our website to see our current studies.
To ensure that a clinical trial produces the most accurate results and is as safe as possible, eligibility criteria must be met. Through filling in a questionnaire, we can see if a trial could potentially match you. Even if a specific trial doesn’t match you, your entry still contributes to advancing research.
Although there may be risks, there are very specific rules for a clinical research project. Experts from health authorities and the National Research Ethics Committee evaluate research projects to ensure that they are ethically sound and protect study participants. The plan for each project is reviewed to ensure that it is as safe as possible. They can even stop the research project if they consider it too dangerous.
Doctors also monitor your health throughout the research project, and you can stop at any time if you no longer want to participate. All potential risks will be explained to you before you agree to participate.
A placebo is a treatment with no active properties and can sometimes be given to a control group during a clinical trial.
If there is a chance that you could get a placebo, you will be told about it before you participate. If you need medical treatment, a placebo will never be your only treatment – it will be in addition to standard care. And if you don’t want to risk getting a placebo, you don’t have to participate in that trial.
Yes, you can opt out of a trial or the British Research Panel at any time. Simply email us on info@britishresearchpanel.co.uk.
