BMJ 2007;335:958 (10 November), doi:10.1136/bmj.39388.660174.DB
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Research consortium highlights importance of taking part in trials
Roger Dobson
Abergavenny
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A new information booklet for patients has been produced that emphasises the advantages of taking part in clinical trials and the safety precautions that are taken.
Launched by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration, the booklet—together with an accompanying leaflet—also recommends the questions to which patients should seek answers when considering taking part in trials, and it describes the label "guinea pig" as misleading.
"Clinical trials are the best way to compare different approaches to preventing and treating illness and health problems. Without trials, there is a risk that people could be given treatments which have no advantage, waste resources and might even be harmful," says the booklet, Understanding Clinical Trials.
The companion information leaflet, Clinical Trials: What They Are and What They're Not, emphasises the need for trials and that they should be safe.
In a reference to a clinical trial of an anti-inflammatory drug that led to
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