Clinical trial is a lengthy and cumbersome process that comes with several challenges. One of the biggest challenges of clinical trials include obtaining informed consent. Even though a patient is himself/herself willing to participate in clinical trials, they often back-out during the informed consent, which leads to wastage of the doctor’s and his acquaintances’ time and efforts.
Therefore, obtaining inform consent is quite a task. The present article focuses on the essential aspects of obtaining informed consent from patients in a clinical trial. The informed consent The International Council for Harmonization (ICH) guidelines for Good Clinical Practice (GCP) defines inform consent as “a process by which a subject voluntarily confirms his or her willingness to participate in a particular trial, after having been informed of all aspects of the trial that are relevant to the subject’s…
