Microbiology and Clinical Research

Clinical Research

Clinical research refers to the research carried out on humans. It mainly focuses on enhancing knowledge of diseases, developing diagnostic methods and new treatments or medical devices to ensure better patient care. It is very framed and respects a precise study protocol and is performed only under certain conditions. Clinical research includes clinical trials, which involves testing of new treatments for a disease, and natural history studies, which collect health information to understand how a disease develops and progresses over time. Clinical research is conducted at academic medical centers and affiliated research study sites. The clinical research ecosystem involves a complex network of sites, companies (pharmaceutical) and academic research institutions and this has led to a growing field of technologies used for managing the data and operational factors of clinical research.