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Is it typical for clinical trials to charge participants thousands of dollars? For something as simple as an IV transfusion? It seems like the clinical trial i
by alexmingoia 10y ago
Is it typical for clinical trials to charge participants thousands of dollars? For something as simple as an IV transfusion?
It seems like the clinical trial is just an excuse to get around medical regulations, so they can sell snake oil to gullible rich people.
- pmiller2 10y agoClinical trials typically pay the subjects, not the other way around. OTOH, I'm not sure what medical regulations they'd be getting around.
- akiselev 10y agoNo. In order to get permission to transport what you're testing and administer it to patients you need to file an Investigational New Drug application and approval stipulates that you don't market or charge for anything related to the clinical trials until the final New Drug Application is approved. The problem is that "young blood" isn't some new drug it's just blood. Once the FDA approves something, they have almost no control over how a legally practicing doctor administers the treatment. Various ethics and medical boards, depending on the jurisdiction, have authority to ban the doctor from practicing medicine but blood transfusions are such a common thing and liability is always enforceable so it's hard to justify here. Done properly the risk of complications is small and there are proven treatments to many of the rare issues. I think this treatment is ridiculous but whether it is clearly unethical I think falls to a matter of opinion.