Who approves the clinical trials that are being conducted?
The Food and Drug Administration must give their approval before experimental treatments can be used in any clinical trial. Here at UC Davis Medical Center, new studies must also be approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) prior to being conducted. The IRB is a committee made up of doctors, scientists, pharmacists, nurses, clinicians, and members of the local community. It is their task to make sure that studies are ethical, well thought out, and that risks to volunteers are minimized.
