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Test Your Knowledge

Take the simple quiz below to test your knowledge about this topic.
1. At each hospital or clinic, clinical trial oversight is provided by:
  1. the investigator conducting the trial
  2. the pharmaceutical company sponsoring the trial
  3. the president of the facility
  4. an institutional review board
2. A study that tracks, but does not interfere with, health-related behaviors is:
  1. a Phase I trial
  2. an observational study
  3. a clinical trial
  4. a meta-analysis
3. Women of childbearing age:
  1. may not participate in early-stage clinical trials of new drugs, period.
  2. are legally allowed to participate in new-drug trials, but are discouraged from doing so.
  3. are encouraged to participate in trials of new drugs, but are informed of the potential risk (if any), should they conceive. The trial design may include other precautions, such as taking a drug during or immediately following the menstrual period or a negative pregnancy test.
  4. are recruited for studies of new medications only if they are sterile.
4. If you participate in a clinical trial, your health insurance company:
  1. must pay all expenses
  2. may pay usual care costs
  3. will not pay any expenses
  4. will drop coverage
5. In a trial that is double-blinded:
  1. doctors and patients know which patients are receiving the placebo
  2. doctors know which patients are receiving the placebo
  3. the study's principal investigator knows which patients are receiving the placebo
  4. neither doctors nor patients know which patients are receiving the placebo

This quiz is for educational and/or entertainment purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for professional health and mental health care or consultation. Individuals who believe they may need or benefit from care should consult a psychologist or other licensed health/mental health professional.

 
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