You'll want to read this because the www.clinicaltrials.gov
website is not proof that the trial on there has gone thru appropriate FDA approvals. This is really pointed out on stem cells. Be careful out there.
Clinical trials: separating the wheat from the chaff
What
do you do when the supposed solution to a problem actually turns out to
be a part of the problem? That’s the situation facing people who want
to direct patients to scientifically sound clinical trials. Turns out
the site many were going to may be directing patients to therapies that
are not only not scientifically sound, they may not even be safe.
The site in question
is the www.clinicaltrials.gov
website. That’s a list of all the clinical trials registered with the National
Institutes of Health. In theory that should be a rock-solid list of trials that
have been given the go-ahead by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be tested
in people. Unfortunately, the reality is very different. Many of the trials
listed there have gone through the rigorous testing and approval process to
earn the right to be tested in people. But some haven’t. And figuring out which
is which is not easy.
is the www.clinicaltrials.gov
website. That’s a list of all the clinical trials registered with the National
Institutes of Health. In theory that should be a rock-solid list of trials that
have been given the go-ahead by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be tested
in people. Unfortunately, the reality is very different. Many of the trials
listed there have gone through the rigorous testing and approval process to
earn the right to be tested in people. But some haven’t. And figuring out which
is which is not easy.
More at link.
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