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While preclinical lab research provides a solid foundation of information about how a drug may work and its safety, it is not a substitute for studies that show how the drug will interact with the human body.
"Clinical research" and "clinical trials" are studies conducted in people. They follow a rigorous series of testing from early, small-scale, Phase 1 studies to late-stage, large scale, Phase 3 studies. If a treatment is successful in one phase, it moves on to the next phase. A successful clinical trial process continues until the developer files an application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or a regulatory agency for the medication to be approved and prescribed to humans.
Below is information on the specific phases of clinical trial research.
Trial Phase Details
Phase I: Tested on healthy participants to find out whether a medical approach (e.g., drug, diagnostic test, device) is safe, identify side effects, and figure out appropriate doses.
Number of people: Typically fewer than 100
Phase II: Start testing on participants with the disease or condition to see whether a medical approach works. Continue monitoring for side effects; get information that goes into designing a large, phase III trial.
Number of people: Typically 100-300
Phase III: Tested on participants from patient populations for which the medicine is eventually intended to be used. They are assigned to receive either the medication being evaluated, a current standard of care treatment or a placebo to prove whether a medical approach works; continue monitoring side effects.
Number of people: As many as needed or able to enroll—can be 1,000 or more
Phase IV: When a medical approach or drug is being marketed, continue gathering information on its effects.
Number of people: Thousands
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