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How are people in clinical trials protected?

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How are people in clinical trials protected?

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Researchers follow strict ethical and scientific principles to make sure that patients are protected and valid results are produced. A plan of how the study will be conducted, which is called a “protocol” is written to ensure that every researcher involved in the study follows the same ethical and scientific principles. To ensure patient safety, the protocol must be reviewed and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and a local Institutional Review Board (IRB). IRBs are comprised of Scientists, doctors and other people from the local community who review and monitor their hospital’s or research institution’s medical research involving people. They monitor studies to help make sure that there is the least possible risk to volunteers and that the risks are reasonable in relation to the expected benefits. IRBs make sure volunteer selection is fair and that informed consent is done correctly.

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