Who Can Participate in a Clinical Trial?
All clinical trials have requirements about who can participate. Using specific criteria to include or exclude participants is important to ensure that the drug or treatment is studied in individuals for whom it is intended (patient population). These criteria may be based on such factors as age, gender, the type and stage of a disease, previous treatment history, and other medical conditions. It is important to note that inclusion and exclusion criteria are not used to reject people personally. Instead, the criteria are used to identify potential participants who will most benefit from the drug and/or treatment with the least amount of side effects.
All clinical trials have guidelines about who can participate. Guidelines are based on factors, such as age, type of disease, medical history and current medical condition. Before you join a clinical trial, you must qualify for the study. Some research studies seek volunteers with illnesses or conditions to be studied in the clinical trial, while others need healthy volunteers. Healthy volunteers participate in Phase I trials, vaccine studies and research trials on preventive care for children or adults. Our research studies include children of all ages, from infancy to 18 years.
All clinical trials have guidelines about who can participate. These guidelines are an important part of medical research that helps to produce reliable results. The factors that allow someone to participate in a clinical trial are called “inclusion criteria” and those that disallow someone from participating are called “exclusion criteria”. The criteria are based on such factors as age, gender, the type and stage of a disease or condition, previous treatment history, and other medical conditions. Before joining a clinical trial, a participant must qualify for the study. Some research studies seek participants with illnesses or conditions to be studied in the clinical trial, while others need healthy participants. It is important to note that inclusion and exclusion criteria are not used to reject people personally. Instead, the criteria are used to identify appropriate participants and keep them safe. The criteria help ensure that researchers will be able to answer the questions they
All clinical trials have guidelines about who can participate. Using inclusion/exclusion criteria is an important principle of medical research that helps to produce reliable results. The factors that allow someone to participate in a clinical trial are called “inclusion criteria” and those that disallow someone from participating are called “exclusion criteria”. These criteria are based on such factors as age, gender, the type and stage of a disease, previous treatment history, and other medical conditions. Before joining a clinical trial, a participant must qualify for the study. Some research studies seek participants with illnesses or conditions to be studied in the clinical trial, while others need healthy participants. It is important to note that inclusion and exclusion criteria are not used to reject people personally. Instead, the criteria are used to identify appropriate participants and keep them safe.
Each clinical trial has guidelines for patients based on specific factors, such as age, type of disease, medical history and current health. Depending on the trial, sponsors may seek healthy individuals or those with the particular illness under study. Inclusion and exclusion criteria are used to determine which participants are chosen for the trial.
