Protocol

An action plan that describes what will be done in a clinical trial clinical trial: A type of research study that tests how a drug, medical device, or treatment approach works in people. There are several types of clinical trials. Treatment trials test new treatment options. Diagnostic trials test new ways to diagnose a disease. Screening trials test the best way to detect a… and how it will be carried out. This plan is reviewed and approved by a committee at each place doing the clinical trial. This committee is known as the Institutional Review Board Institutional Review Board: A committee that makes sure a clinical trial is safe for patients in the study. Each medical center, hospital, or research facility doing clinical trials must have an active Institutional Review Board (IRB). Each IRB is made up of a diverse group of doctors, faculty, staff and students at a… .