Health Library
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Clinical Trials
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A clinical trial is done to find out if a medicine or treatment is safe and works well for treating a certain condition or disease. A medicine or treatment must go through three phases before it is approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A fourth phase happens after the medicine or treatment...
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What is a clinical trial? Clinical trials are research studies in which people help doctors find ways to improve health care. Each study tries to find better ways to prevent, diagnose, or treat health problems. The purpose of a clinical trial is to find out whether a medicine or treatment is safe and effective for...