Diabetes, being a metabolic disorder, requires diet and lifestyle modifications. This means that patients should follow a diet with limited calories, which is easy to digest and releases less glucose into the body. The pharmaceutical industry has made tremendous efforts in developing diabetic drugs to help patients maintain normal blood sugar levels. These drugs undergo various diabetic trials to determine their effectiveness in controlling the disease. It is also important for patients to understand their responsibilities during these trials. Below, we have listed a few key points that can help make a diabetic trial more efficient and successful.
- These patients should follow strict diet schedule as mentioned in the protocol. Diet could be of high calorie or low calorie. Some studies could be of high fat diet and others could be of Low fat diet depending upon the protocol.
- A diabetic patients should follow his drug schedule very strictly so that he has actually impact of drug on the body and the results are accurate whether they give positive or negative impact.
- Patients should follow the clinical trial protocol for exercise. If unclear, they should ask the Principal Investigator or Clinical Research Coordinator. Proper guidance is essential, which is why enrolling in a clinical research course helps CRCs and investigators handle patient instructions accurately.
- Another important thing is that patients with diabetes generally has concomitant disease which may be of cardio-thoracic, kidney disease, liver disease etc. It is important for him to inform Principal Investigator about his status so that he can make right judgment about his enrolment in the study.
- It is important for clinical trial that patient should have regular and on time followed up. If patients follow up is regular then there will be less of patient’s failure during clinical trial follow up and one should have excellent result during their clinical trials.
These are some of the points that one should remember while participating in diabetes trial. These are critical points that can help a trial to be successful and efficient.
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