Friday 28 February 2014

Role of Biostatistics in Clinical Trial


Biostatistics plays a very important role in the Clinical Trials. The clinical trials are nothing but research studies that are conducted on humans. They are done to find out a conclusion of specific topics or answer some specific questions. These trials are also done for some studies related to some medicines or drugs. The clinical trials are conducted to get the satisfactory result about a particular product. These trials can go on for months depending upon the product, development of the product and the investigators response. Many people and patients volunteer themselves to be a part of the clinical trials. Hundreds of dollars are spent on the clinical trials and their research in the world every year.

Biostatistics is a stream of statistics and it is widely used in the design and experiments in the fields of agriculture, medicine, healthcare, pharmacy. Majorly Biostatistics is connected with medicine and health. Biostatistics is useful in clinical trials because the data collected from various people may not be similar. This variation is the data can make big changes in the experiments which can give rise to a lot of uncertainty. The proper use of statistical techniques can help sort the data and make logical decisions. Experiments or trials like the use of new treatments or vaccines when done can get many conclusions and different feedback from many people. With the help of Statistics making conclusions on the same data is easier. Biostatistics role in clinical trials helps the testing and support the new medicines and research. It has been very important to make the quality products and prove them with the help of statistics. The design of the statistics and the analysis are very important tools that are used in the clinical trials to develop medicines and drugs. 

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