Current sickle cell studies
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What is a clinical trial?
A clinical trial is a kind of research that involves treatment and people. Clinical trials help researchers answer questions such as:
- Is a new treatment or medical device safe?
- Does the new treatment do what it is supposed to do?
- Is the new treatment better than a current treatment?
- Which patients benefit the most from the new treatment?
Clinical trials are done in steps called phases. At each phase, researchers try to answer a different question. Each phase needs a different set of participants, so a participant joins only one trial at a time.
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