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The Application of the Scientific Method: Preclinical Trials Copyright PEER.tamu.edu

What do you think? Have you ever had to take a medicine to treat an illness? Have you ever wondered how researchers determine if the medicines you take are safe or not?

Pre-Clinical Trials and Clinical Trials are the processes by which scientists test drugs and devices to see if they are SAFE and EFFECTIVE.

What is a Preclinical Trial? Preclinical trial - a laboratory test of a new drug or a new medical device, usually done on animal subjects, to see if the hoped-for treatment really works and if it is safe to test on humans.

There are two types of Research: Basic and Applied Basic Research: discovering new facts about how things work, how they are made, or what causes a biological event to occur. Basic research can explore a topic, explain a topic or describe a topic. For Example: A researcher discovered that genes can be turned off or on by small RNA molecules in the body. This study was conducted on worms. It led to the Nobel Prize in 2006.

“Basic” vs. “Applied” Research Applied Research: Taking the information discovered in basic research and investigating how to use it to treat and prevent sicknesses. Example: A researcher uses the information about turning genes off and on to find a drug that is used to turn off genes that cause diseases and disorders in humans. Segment of DNA. Many such segments act as genes.

Where Do We Get New Ideas For Research? Ideas come from all kinds of scientists and medical professionals who do research in universities, government labs, and in corporations.

Take a Minute to Discuss: What is a Pre-Clinical Trial? What is the difference between basic research and applied research? What sickness or disease would you like to see an effective treatment for?

There are several steps involved with doing a Pre-Clinical Trial: File for approval as an Investigational New Drug (IND) Establish Effective and Toxic Doses Screen the Drug in the Assay Develop a Bioassay Indentify a Drug Target

Steps in Doing a Pre-Clinical Trial: Drugs usually act on either cellular or genetic chemicals in the body, known as targets, which are believed to be associated with disease. Scientists use a variety of techniques to identify and isolate individual targets to learn more about their functions and how they influence disease. Compounds are then identified that have various interactions with the drug targets that might be helpful in treatment of a specific disease. Step One: Get an idea for a drug target.

Finding the Right Target Is Not Easy Parkinson’s Disease Example: Parkinson's disease: a disease which causes deterioration of the central nervous system over a period of time. This disease often impairs the patient’s movement, speech, and other functions.

Tremors or shaking occurs when cells in one part of brain die. These cells communicate using a chemical called dopamine. Drugs that replace dopamine work only for a few years. Other Parkinson’s symptoms (depression, sleep disorder, digestive problems, loss of brain function) have other causes. Another sign of Parkinson’s disease: many cells have deposits of a protein, synuclein. Four drug companies are developing drugs to counter synuclein, even though nobody knows if it is a cause or a consequence of Parkinson’s. Synuclein could be like a tombstone—a marker, not a cause of cell death. How is Parkinson’s treated? Where should the focus be?

target Drugs target specific points in biochemical pathways Biochemical pathways are series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell. In each pathway, a principal chemical is modified by chemical reactions. Examples of different types of biochemical pathways: A E B D C A B C D E Any step in the pathway, for example from A to B, or B to C, might be a target for the right drug. * See slide note

Step Two: Develop a Bioassay A Bioassay is a “live” system that can be used to measure drug effect. It may be a culture of cells or organs or a whole animal. For example: Zebra-fish embryos - you can see effects of drugs on bone density, blood vessel growth and many other systems of the zebra-fish. Steps in Doing a Pre-Clinical Trial:

This is the actual test of the drug on the chosen bioassay. This will determine if the drug is SAFE and if it is EFFECTIVE in the bioassay (BEFORE it is ever tested on humans!) Steps in Doing a Pre-Clinical Trial: Step Three: Screen the drug in the Bioassay.

Most drugs have a toxic level or an amount at which the drug will become harmful instead of helpful. Steps in Doing a Pre-Clinical Trial: Step Four: Establish what dosage amount of the drug is safe and what dosage amount of the drug is toxic.

IND must show how the drug: Is manufactured. Appears (color, solubility, melting point, particle size, moisture content). Formulated (pills, liquid, etc. + inactive ingredients). Will be analyzed for purity, concentration, stability. Will be tested for safety (this will be the basis for allowing first use in humans). Steps in Doing a Pre-Clinical Trial: Step Five: Application is made to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an Investigational New Drug (IND).

Think Break: How are these steps like the steps of the Scientific Method? Why would research scientists use a Bioassay instead of a human subject to test a new drug? What percentage of drugs do you think get this far in the process?

Review: Steps to New Drug Discovery Pre-Clinical Trials Get idea for drug target Develop a bioassay Screen chemical compounds in assay Establish effective and toxic amounts File for approval as an Investigational New Drug (IND) (leads to clinical trials)

Can you summarize the process? With a partner or your group, write a summary of the Pre-Clinical Trial Process. Use the following words to help you: Drug Safe Effective Basic Research Applied Research Target Biochemical Pathway Bioassay Toxic Investigational New Drug (IND)

Pre-clinical Research at Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences