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0 pointsekianjo11y ago0 comments

People who take part in trials usually dont care about the science, they take part in it because all the other treatments failed and they are willing to try something new. That's their main incentive, at least for life threatening diseases.

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andygates11y ago

Not really true. Phase 1 (safety and tolerance) trials will be done by any old berk. And I've entered trials because yay, science, even if I have a disease that's treatable by an existing clunky method.

ekianjoOP11y ago

Oncology phase 1 trials are made on cancer patients only, so no, your statement is not 100% correct.

Plus, phase I trials are really limited in size, so they are meaningless versus the total population of people who go on clinical trials for phase 2 and 3 - and these are patients always.

arethuza11y ago

What percentage of clinical trials involve people in those kinds of situations?

ekianjoOP11y ago

All oncology trials. And thats already A LOT.

arethuza11y ago

That's not actually answering my question. :-)

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andygates11y ago

ekianjoOP11y ago

Oncology phase 1 trials are made on cancer patients only, so no, your statement is not 100% correct.

Plus, phase I trials are really limited in size, so they are meaningless versus the total population of people who go on clinical trials for phase 2 and 3 - and these are patients always.

arethuza11y ago

What percentage of clinical trials involve people in those kinds of situations?

ekianjoOP11y ago

All oncology trials. And thats already A LOT.

arethuza11y ago

That's not actually answering my question. :-)

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