Cancer Clinical Trial Update
Time for a clinical trial update.
What are clinical trials?
Basically a clinical trial is a scientific research involving people, that studies the effects of a new medication, therapy or device to determine if it is safe and effective.
In the United States, clinical trials are monitored by the Food and Drug Administration.
The Phases of a Clinical Trial:
Phase I evaluates dosage parameters.
Phase II continues to evaluate safety and begins to study efficacy.
Phase III compares the new drug with standards of care or if there are none, a placebo.
Phase IV is used if the drug normally used as a standard is to be used for another condition or if the formulation is changed. This phase may also be used for extended studies on drug side effects.
Cancer clinical trials may involve studies of prevention of cancer or the treatment of cancer.
For more information see the Battling Cancer archives on the topic.
Enlight:
Participants needed for the Enlight Clinical Research Study. Researchers and doctors at medical facilities in the United States and Canada are studying two procedures in treating prostate cancer. If you are male, aged 60 or older, and have a diagnosis of low-risk, localized prostate cancer, you may qualify for this study.
The purpose of the study is to compare the safety and effectiveness of a high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) procedure to cryotherapy (freeze therapy), a standard-of-care, minimally invasive treatment for prostate cancer.
More information and an online pre screening are available now.
Raquel Billiones has a PhD in Biology and has over 15 years experience as a researcher, scientific English teacher, and medical writer. Since 2006, she has been a freelance WAHM specializing in medical writing and scientific documentation. 
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