Clinical Trials – A Nurse’s Perspective

Clinical trials, by their very nature are complex and time consuming. They also involve a lot of different people from participants to researchers to medical staff. Each person has their own responsibility and in this instance I was interested in finding out more about what the role of a nurse within a clinical trial. Steve Jepson of Covance was happy to help out by answering my questions. What are your responsibilities when it comes to clinical trials? All the nurses and technicians are responsible for ensuring that each trial is carried out to the highest standards of safety and competency.   Following training, we perform many different tasks, such as blood taking and processing, measuring blood pressure, recording ECG’s, as well as administering the medication to each subject.  Each member of staff will ensure that an accurate written record is kept of any procedures,  at the same time maintaining full confidentiality of all your data. What happens when a clinical trial has finished? At the end of the trial, all information which has been collected, along with any samples such as blood or urine, will be sent to the client, again with  total confidentiality.    If the trial medication appears promising, then it will be made available to a wider range of patients, at the same time carefully monitoring its effect and any possible side-effects which may arise. How long are participants monitored for after a trial has finished? When you have finished the trial, you ...
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