Medical Imaging & Clinical Research

Clinical research

The term "clinical research" refers to the entire bibliography of a drug/device/biologic. Clinical research resembles with health care sciences, determines safety and effectiveness of medication, diagnostic products and treatment regimen for human use. These are used for prevention, treatment, diagnosis or for reliving symptoms. Clinical research is different from clinical practice.

Clinical research is often conducted at academic medical centres and affiliated research study sites. These provide the prestige of the academic institution as well as access to larger metropolitan areas, providing a larger pool of medical participants. These academic medical centres often have their internal Institutional Review Boards that oversee the ethical conduct of medical research.