Tag: phase 1 trials

ā€œThe Life of a Professional Guinea Pigā€

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In the Atlantic, Cari Romm describes ā€œwhat it is like to earn a living as a research subject in clinical trials.ā€ ā€œPhase 1 trials are almost always where the money is,ā€ she writes, but they are ā€œalso the least regulatedā€ and ā€œcompanies aren’t legally required to register a trial with Clinicaltrials.gov.ā€ ā€œIt seems to me like if you were considering signing up for one of these things, you would at least want to know the data that’s out there about [safety],ā€ said Carl Elliott, an author for MIA and expert on the ethics of human subject research.