Overall Purpose of Clinical Trials The purpose of clinical trials is to find ways to more effectively prevent, diagnose, or treat disease. Every drug and procedure that is used in cancer treatment was once studied as a part of a clinical trial.
What means clinical research?
Clinical research is the study of health and illness in people. It is the way we learn how to prevent, diagnose and treat illness. Simply put, it involves human participants and helps translate basic research (done in labs) into new treatments and information to benefit patients.