Clinical Trial
Contents
Key Stage 4
Meaning
A clinical trial is when a potential new medicine is tested on humans to see if it is safe and if it works.
About Clinical Trials
- Clinical trials begin on healthy adult humans using small doses of the potential medicine.
- Once a potential medicine has proved to be safe it can then be used on a small number of patients with the disease that is to be treated.
- Eventually large clinical trials take place with many patients to find the best dose of the potential medicine.
Extra Information
References
AQA
- Clinical trial, page 157, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA
- Clinical trials, page 137, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA
- Clinical trials, page 143, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA
- Clinical trials, page 49, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Clinical trials, page 52, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Clinical trials, pages 104-105, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
Edexcel
- Clinical trials, page 117, GCSE Biology, Pearson, Edexcel
- Clinical trials, page 83, GCSE Combined Science, Pearson Edexcel