Anca Askanase, M.D., answers our questions about why clinical trials are so important for treating lupus
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Researchers are working to learn more about lupus so new treatments can be developed, and clinical trials play an important role in that learning process., the founder and clinical director of Columbia’s Lupus Center and the director of Rheumatology Clinical Trials, about clinical trials for lupus and why they’re so valuable.is a study of how a drug or other treatment works in people.
The work is ongoing — it’s a constant struggle to come up with better drugs, better study designs and better ways to test drugs for lupus.Clinical trials offer benefits to patients as well as to researchers. For patients, it’s an opportunity to be treated with a drug that may be highly effective before it’s available to the world. And, in a way, you’re guaranteed the best possible treatment because you’re constantly evaluated, constantly watched and constantly monitored.
Absolutely. Even for patients who don’t receive the drug, the level of scrutiny at every step means you’re being closely monitored and allows for the best care you could possibly get. And, if you need medical treatment, you will always get the standard level of treatment in addition to the placebo if you are participating in a clinical trial.
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