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A Clinical Trial Assessing the Safety, Efficacy, and Delivery of Olive-Oil-Based Three-Chamber Bags for Parenteral Nutrition
Published on: September 20, 2019
[Assessing adverse reactions in clinical trials]
S Harnisch1, C Schade-Brittinger, W Rief
1Koordinierungszentrum für Klinische Studien Marburg, Philipps-Universität Marburg. susanne.harnisch@kks.uni-marburg.de
Abstract:
The intake of each drug represents an intervention into the complex human organism. In addition to the desired therapeutic effect, adverse reactions (AR) can occur. Package inserts should inform patients about the safety profile of drugs, but how reliable is this information and how are side effects determined? To explore this question, we reviewed data related to the ascertainment of adverse reactions in clinical research from 1977 to 2011. This article sums up the results of our literature research as well as own experiences in clinical research. It reveals very different methods of assessing side effects, discusses the obvious problems with inconsistent data collection and presents possible solutions. To create valid and comparable side effect profiles of drugs and thus ensure the safe use of medicine, a common European standard for the structured assessment of Adverse Reactions (AR) in clinical research, that does not exist yet, is required.
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