March 20, 2022

CLINICAL TRIALS PHASE 2

 


OBJECTIVES OF THE DISCUSSION
By the end of the discussion, the learner/medical student will be able to;
1.  Differentiate between the phases of clinical trials
2.  Outline the rationale for phase II clinical trials

INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL TRAILS PHASE TWO: Efficacy and side effects: Phase II trials are conducted on larger groups of patients (few hundreds) and are aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the drug and to endure the Phase I safety assessments.  These trials aren‘t sufficient to confirm whether the drug will be therapeutic. Phase 2 studies provide with additional safety data to the researchers. Researchers use these data to refine research questions, develop research methods, and design new Phase 3 research protocols. Around 33% of drugs travel to the next phase. Most prominently, Phase II clinical studies aid to found therapeutic doses for the large-scale Phase III studies.

RELATED;

1.  CLINICAL TRIALS PHASE I

2.  CLINICAL TRIALS PHASE 3

3.  CLINICAL TRIALS PHASE 4

4.  EXPERIMENTAL STUDY DESIGNS

5.  PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS

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