Director's Corner

Drug Testing – Typical Patients with Complex Symptoms

Office of the Director - November 25, 2008

There is a growing movement in the medical research community to introduce clinical research trials that include patients with complex medical problems who are not "typical" study participants. In order to identify how drug usage affects patient with complex medical problems, read what researchers are doing to initiate what are being called "real world" or "pragmatic" clinical trials in the article New Arena for Testing Drugs: Real World, by Gina Kolata (NY Times, Nov 25, 2008).

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