Clinical Trials

Putting experimental drugs to the test can be a way of life.

Professional 'Guinea Pigs' Can Make A Living Testing Drugs

8:28am May 08, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

One man died and five others were injured in a clinical trial in France this year. Trials like those depend on healthy people willing to take experimental medications in return for cash.

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Stephane Schubhan, one of six men hospitalized after the clinical trial, still suffers from neurological damage.

Botched French Drug Trial Followed Rules But Lacked 'Common Sense'

5:16pm May 03, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

In January, one man died and four others sustained brain injuries in the early clinical test of an experimental pain drug. Independent scientists reviewed the study to learn what went wrong.

A clinical trial at the Biotrial laboratory in Rennes, France, left one person dead and put five more in the hospital.

High Doses Of Experimental Drug Implicated In Botched French Study

4:46pm March 09, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

In January, one person died and five others were hospitalized during a test of an experimental drug in western France. Scientists are still trying to figure out exactly what went wrong.

Clinical Trials Still Don't Reflect The Diversity Of America

3:05pm December 16, 2015

by Rae Ellen Bichell

Clinical trials are too white, with less than 2 percent of cancer studies including enough minority people to provide information that could be useful for health, a study finds.

Glenn Lightner in 2012 at age 13. His father searched clinicaltrials.gov for years, to no avail, hoping to find a promising experimental cancer treatment that might save his son's life.

Results Of Many Clinical Trials Not Being Reported

4:51pm April 12, 2015

by Richard Harris

Federal law requires publicly funded medical researchers to promptly report the results of many experimental treatments. But few are doing so, a review shows, and patients may be hurt.

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Nurses assist a new patient at an Ebola center in Liberia's Lofa County. As drug trials get underway, patients may receive experimental medicines.

Medical Experts Look For New Ways To Test Ebola Drugs

8:06am November 11, 2014

by Richard Harris

Can you run a clinical trial without a placebo group? That's one of the questions facing researchers in West Africa.

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Health & Safety

Study: Clinical Trials Help Drive Research in the Triad

9:56pm March 10, 2014

The last 15 years have brought a boom of pharmaceutical research to the Triad, according to the results of a survey released Monday.

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