The Human Trial
Oct 16, 2026 · 18 min · 10 segments
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Oct 16, 2026 · 18 min · 10 segments
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! I thought the hardest part was…
Someone argued the old way, randomized clinical trials, placebos, blinding, was too slow.
It was a vaccine for a fever moving through the dense urban centers of the global south.
They appreciated the approval by ethics review committee without knowing how it came about.
Nearly every site, they said, was enthusiastic and had never run a randomized clinical trial or RCT like this.
The scope of the study and its timing made it unprecedented for the local regulator too.
Although they were familiar with all phases of randomized clinical trials, including phase four, the years after approval, when the safety data arrives.
Someone argued the old way, randomized clinical trials, placebos, blinding, was too slow.
It was a vaccine for a fever moving through the dense urban centers of the global south.
They appreciated the approval by ethics review committee without knowing how it came about.
Nearly every site, they said, was enthusiastic and had never run a randomized clinical trial or RCT like this.
The scope of the study and its timing made it unprecedented for the local regulator too.
Although they were familiar with all phases of randomized clinical trials, including phase four, the years after approval, when the safety data arrives.
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