Good clinical practice: a question of balance [see comments]

Good Clinical Practice

Clinical research is like a foundation stone upon which a tower of evidence is erected which helps in the better understanding of the cause of the disease, improvement in the diagnosis treatment and mechanism of human biology (Trauter,1997). It is only the systematically carried out research which has made possible the increase in the life expectancy and decrease in human sufferings. While carr...

Good Clinical Practice Training

Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is an international standard for the design, conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing, recording, analyses, and reporting of clinical trials. The goal of GCP is to ensure the protection of the rights, integrity, and confidentiality of clinical trial participants and to ensure the credibility and accuracy of data and reported results. In the United States, trial sp...

Good Scientific Practice (gsp) and Good Clinical Practice (gcp)

Clinical trials: towards good practice.

Quality control, quality assurance, and audit are now an integral, though not always welcome, part of our daily lives. For many years the conduct of clinical trials has relied heavily on trust and the integrity of those involved, and the amount of regulation has been minimal. The introduction of the Declaration of Helsinki in 1964 spelt out the ethical considerations but further changes over th...

Good clinical practice in orthokeratology.

Overnight orthokeratology is becoming more and more popular especially in the Asia-Pacific region where the treatment is primarily used for myopic control in young children. Risk of complications in contact lens wear increases during overnight wear and may further increase when the treatment is used on children. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive guideline for practitioners to ...