3. Clinical Trials Help Advance the Field
There are numerous different types of clinical trials and different outcomes. While it is disappointing when a new medication fails to show any benefits, it does not mean the entire clinical trial was a failure. Both successful and failed clinical trials help to advance the field since both provide opportunities to increase understanding, reflect on the directions of the basic science research, and to improve the design and implementation of future clinical trials.
So, what happens when a lymphoma clinical trial ends?