Drug trials in healthy volunteers

Format: Postgraduate and professional

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2-16 Don’t confuse “statistical significance” with “importance”

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Language/s: 3-3 Are the treatments practical in your setting?

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Resource Link: View the Video

Target Audience: 2-7 All should be followed up

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Short Description:

A 6-minute video illustrating an early phase clinical trial in healthy volunteers.

Key Concepts addressed:

• español
• Gaeilge
• Greek

Details

This is in the BBC ‘Bitesize’ series ‘Class Clips’, for Science 2-GCSE. A doctor working in a Contract Research Organisation – Richmond Pharmacology –- describes a clinical trial of a drug that is already in use to treat osteoporosis. No mention of the method of treatment allocation. Good description of the need to use a placebo to achieve blinding. Mentions the importance of publishing the results of the study, even if they are disappointing to the sponsoring drug manufacturer.

Watch the video here