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GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2000 - SECT 74A

What is clinical research

74A What is clinical research

(1)
"Clinical research" is—
(a) medical research intended to diagnose, maintain or treat a condition affecting the participants in the research; or
(b) a trial of drugs, devices, biologicals or techniques involving the carrying out of health care that may include giving placebos to some of the participants in the trial.
(2) However, a comparative assessment of health care already proven to be beneficial is not medical research.
Examples—
• a comparative assessment of the effects of different forms of administration of a drug proven to be beneficial in the treatment of a condition, for example, a continuous infusion, as opposed to a once-a-day administration of the drug
• a comparative assessment of the angle at which to set a tilt-bed to best assist an adult’s breathing



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