At what age can someone join a clinical study or trial?
The age that someone with CF can participate varies according to each study or trial. The age range depends on a number of factors, with safety always first in mind. In clinical trials where participants take medications, drugs must be shown to be safe and work in older patients before they can be tested in young children. Also, young children metabolize drugs differently than adults, so it is important to test drugs in children as well as adults.
