considerations in trial design
stages of clinical trials
pre clinical stage
animal testing
tissue culture
clinical: stage I
volunteer study on normal people
for pharmacokinetic data
can be bypassed- e.g chemotherapy
clinical: stage II
on iller patients- renal, liver, GI problems
to see efficacy and dosage
clinical: stage III
efficacy and safety
clinical stage III randomised control
lots of patients needed
patients might refuse as not all get treatment
clinical stage III crossover
takes long
lots of dropouts