Question

What is informed consent in a clinical trial?

(a) The subjects do not know which study treatment they receive

(b) Patients injected with placebo and active doses

(c) Fake treatment

(d) Signed document of the recruited patient for the clinical trial procedures

This question was addressed to me in an international level competition.

I want to ask this question from Controlled Release Medication in chapter Controlled Release Medication of Drug Biotechnology

Answer 1

Correct option is (d) Signed document of the recruited patient for the clinical trial procedures

The best I can explain: An essential component of initiating a clinical trial is to recruit study subjects following procedures using a signed document called “informed consent.” Fake treatment or placebo allows the researchers to isolate the effect of the study treatment. Patient injected with active dose and placebo is also known as a double dummy.