Cancer Treatment Clinical Trial Process Clinical Trial Design
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What are chemotherapy drugs?
The drugs that are given that are directly toxic to cancer cells.
100
What is the control arm?
The group of patients in a clinical trial that receive standard of care treatment.
100
What is informed consent (will accept consent)?
The process a patient undergoes of learning the key facts about a clinical trial before deciding whether or not to participate.
200
What is radiation?
The type of cancer treatment that uses electromagnetic waves to penetrate the body and eliminate cancer cells.
200
What is phase 1?
The phase of clinical trials that assesses the safety of a new treatment modality.
200
Who is the individual's own healthcare doctor?
The doctor who treats the patient during a clinical trial, who works with the research team to monitor the patient closely.
300
What is surgery?
The type of treatment that involves the removal of cancer tissue.
300
What is pre-clinical data?
The extensive supporting information required for a drug to reach clinical trials.
300
What is a protocol?
The study plan on which a clinical trial is based that is carefully designed and reviewed by administrators and researchers to ensure the safety of the patient.
400
Who is the radiologist?
The physician who analyzes images taken of the body to understand the state of the cancer.
400
What is early conclusion of superiority?
The suspension of an arm of a clinical trial due to the overwhelming benefit observed in the other arm.
400
What is institutional review board (IRB)?
The board that critically evaluates all clinical trials proposals for ethical considerations and assesses whether the benefit accrued from a trial will outweigh the harm.The group of patients in a clinical trial that receive the new treatment modality being assessed.
500
What is the biopsy?
The removal of tissue from the body that is performed to assess whether cancer is present.
500
What is the experimental arm?
The group of patients in a clinical trial that receive the new treatment modality being assessed.






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