Pharmaceutical Education and Practice

Clinical Research and Clinical Trials

Clinical research as a component of medical and health research intended to produce valuable knowledge for understanding of human disease, preventing and treating illness and promoting health. Clinical research involves interactions with patients, diagnostic clinical materials or data or populations. Clinical research and its translation into preventive and clinical care. Clinical trials are research investigations in which people volunteer to test new treatments, interventions or tests as a means to prevent, detect, treat or manage various diseases or medical conditions. Clinical trials can also help to improve health care services by raising standards of treatment.