@article{Kanna_Alla_K._2019, title={Knowledge of medical students on clinical trials}, volume={8}, url={https://www.ijbcp.com/index.php/ijbcp/article/view/3384}, DOI={10.18203/2319-2003.ijbcp20192584}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Background: </strong>Basic research can help medical school students improve critical thinking skills required by medical practice. In this era of evidence-based medicine, the combination of medical education with clinical research is the key to ensure scientific discoveries are translated into clinical practice. This study’s objective was to know the awareness about clinical trials among undergraduate medical students.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong> After obtaining approval from the Institutional Ethics Committee of NRI Academy of Medical Sciences, Guntur, India, this cross sectional study was conducted in second year medical students after taking their consent. A sample of 90was considered for statistical analysis. A structured questionnaire was used to measure the objective of this study, which had general, regulatory and ethical questions related to clinical trials. Qualitative data variables were expressed by using frequency and Percentage (%).</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> Out of 90 students, it was observed that in the general questions category, 70% of students were aware of the purpose of conducting clinical trials, 50% were aware of the pre-requisites for a participant before participating in a clinical trial and 50% were aware of the parameters evaluated in a clinical trial. 95% of students did not know the response for regulatory questions. The students’ awareness regarding ethics related to clinical trials was better than the other two categories.</p><p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The overall awareness of clinical trials was low among students though they demonstrated good awareness regarding few aspects of clinical trials.</p>}, number={7}, journal={International Journal of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology}, author={Kanna, Ravi Shankar and Alla, Jagadeesh and K., Krishnakanth}, year={2019}, month={Jun.}, pages={1484–1488} }