{"id":880,"date":"2018-08-15T16:54:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T20:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fasttrek.org\/fasttrek\/?page_id=880"},"modified":"2018-08-15T16:54:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T20:54:45","slug":"about-clinical-trials-read","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fasttrek.org\/fasttrek\/about-clinical-trials-read\/","title":{"rendered":"About Clinical Trials Read"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Clinical Trial Process<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Phase 1\n<ul>\n<li>Researchers test a drug or treatment in a small group of people (20-80) for the 1st time<\/li>\n<li>The purpose is to study the drug or treatment to learn about safety and identifying side effects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Phase 2\n<ul>\n<li>The new drug or treatment is given to a larger group of people (100-300) to determine its effectiveness and to further study its safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Phase 3\n<ul>\n<li>The new drug\/treatment is given to large groups of people (1,000-3,000)<\/li>\n<li>Determines its effectiveness, Monitors side effects, compare it with similar &amp; standard treatments, collect information that will allow it to be used safely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Phase 4\n<ul>\n<li>After a drug is approved by the FDA &amp; made available to the public researchers track its safety in the general population<\/li>\n<li>Seeking more information about a drug or treatment&#8217;s benefits and optimal use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Addressing the Placebo Fear<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A factor that is off-putting for many patients to try clinical trials is the understanding of the placebo treatment.<\/li>\n<li>Many patients don&#8217;t consider clinical trials for the fear of receiving no treatment. The &#8220;fear&#8221; of the placebo.<\/li>\n<li>However, in the vast majority of Brain Cancer clinical trials, the placebo used is actually the standard care of treatment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clinical Trial Process Phase 1 Researchers test a drug or treatment in a small group of people (20-80) for the 1st time The purpose is to study the drug or treatment to learn about safety and identifying side effects Phase 2 The new drug or treatment is given to a larger group of people<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fasttrek.org\/fasttrek\/about-clinical-trials-read\/\" class=\"more\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-880","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fasttrek.org\/fasttrek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fasttrek.org\/fasttrek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fasttrek.org\/fasttrek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrek.org\/fasttrek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrek.org\/fasttrek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fasttrek.org\/fasttrek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fasttrek.org\/fasttrek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}