Clinical trial results are statistically analysed in terms of demographics, efficacy, and safety. Different types of clinical trial may warrant different interpretations of trial results.
Phase I clinical studies, or proof of mechanism studies, test the safety of a medicine in humans. Usually, these studies are carried out in healthy human volunteers.
Phase III clinical studies, or confirmatory studies, are the final confirmation of the safety and efficacy of a medicine before it can be launched on the market. Phase III...
Researchers in clinical trials select sample populations from the whole patient population that the trial applies to, as it is not possible to run the clinical trial in the...