Funding and publishing trials

Lester’s son Ellis died in 2001 of variant CJD. Lester later became involved as a lay chair of a trial looking at the effectiveness of a drug called quinacrine for people with variant CJD.

Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Screening, prevention other medical interventions >> Amanda - Interview 22 >> Amanda worries that commercial trials may suppress ‘negative’ findings. Good research is not cheap, and she feels it should be nationally funded, with

Amanda has taken part in a trial of pro-biotic yoghurt for irritable bowel syndrome, and withdrew from a trial about early interventions to prevent diabetes. She is setting up a website for the public to design their own trials.

Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Screening, prevention other medical interventions >> Amanda - Interview 22 >> Amanda was a member of a research ethics committee and was surprised it was not seen as not part of their role to insist on full publication as a cond

Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Long term conditions >> Kate - Interview 13 >> Kate’s charity worked on a study with a drug company, and they found it really difficult to get the results published. She felt the reviewers were pre

Kate and her husband took part in a trial comparing injections of grass pollen antigen against a placebo as a way to reduce hay fever. Kate was in the experimental group and her husband in the placebo group.

Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Organising trials >> Lester - Interview 06 >> It takes a long time for most trial results to be published. Sometimes when results seem disappointing, researchers may want to carry on, hoping a tre

Lester’s son Ellis died in 2001 of variant CJD. Lester later became involved as a lay chair of a trial looking at the effectiveness of a drug called quinacrine for people with variant CJD.

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