Why do healthy volunteers participate in clinical trials?

Healthy volunteers in clinical trials have specific needs during their stay in the Clinical Research Unit. Volunteer recruitment, compliance and retainment, as well as an ethical and a subject-centric approach to trial design and conduct can benefit from understanding these needs.

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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
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2026-03-07
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https://doi.org/10.1002/bcp.70499
Primary Topic
Ethics in Clinical Research
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Why do healthy volunteers participate in clinical trials?

Timothy C. Hardman, Dick de Vries, Thijs van Iersel, Jelle Klein et al.
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Ethics in Clinical Research
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Why do healthy volunteers participate in clinical trials?

Timothy C. Hardman, Dick de Vries, Thijs van Iersel, Jelle Klein, Yves Donazzolo, Ingrid Klingmann
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Abstract

Healthy volunteers in clinical trials have specific needs during their stay in the Clinical Research Unit. Volunteer recruitment, compliance and retainment, as well as an ethical and a subject-centric approach to trial design and conduct can benefit from understanding these needs.

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Miltenyi Biotec (Germany) (DE), Belgian Burn Foundation (BE), Province of Antwerp (BE), Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (United Kingdom) (GB), Eurofins (France) (FR), SGS (Belgium) (BE)
Openalex Percentile: Top 35%
Ethics in Clinical Research
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Why do healthy volunteers participate in clinical trials? — Timothy C. Hardman, Dick de Vries, et al. · British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS