CLINICAL TRIALS
CLINICAL TRIALS IN A PETRI DISH Closer to reality
Clinical trials are pilot studies conducted on human volunteers and patients in a phased manner to evaluate the investigational new drugs developed before introducing into the market. Innumerable registered and well planned clinical trials fail every year regardless of promising animal and preclinical modelling. By the power of the grey star, human sourced stem cells, organoids modelling in the in vitro conditions simulating human systems has the potential to revolutionise the way clinical trials and the phases could be directed in future. Subhadra Dravida, CEO, Transcell Oncologics
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ISSUE 38 - 2020
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linical trials include experiments and the related observations done in clinical settings as part of prospective biomedical research studies on human participants. The studies on human participants are usually designed and performed to answer specific questions about biomedical or behavioural interventions, new treatments, and known interventions/medicines. These studies generate data on safety and efficacy surrounding the medical intervention. The concept of clinical
