Has anyone here ever been in a medication trial? Because I have.

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5. While I do not dispute the blithering ignoramus characterization,

What it takes to conduct a clinical trial varies tremendously! It depends on whether there is an existing treatment or not. It depends on what the phase 1 and 2 trials told the researchers before they started the phase 3 trial. It depends on what the intent of the drug is - prevention, treatment, cure, or other.

When the situation is life or death things are very different in clinical trials than if it is a new treatment for a chronic condition.

How do I know? I have worked as a clinical research coordinator and manager and am currently the ClinicalTrials.gov administrator for all the non-cancer trials at a teaching hospital which has just been added to 2 nationwide COVID-19 clinical trials.