sec.74AWhat is clinical research

### sec.74A What is clinical research Clinical research is— medical research intended to diagnose, maintain or treat a condition affecting the participants in the research; or 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. However, a comparative assessment of health care already proven to be beneficial is not medical research. 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 s 74A ins 2019 No. 9 s 29 (sec.74A-ssec.1) Clinical research is— medical research intended to diagnose, maintain or treat a condition affecting the participants in the research; or 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. (sec.74A-ssec.2) However, a comparative assessment of health care already proven to be beneficial is not medical research. - (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. - • 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