CLINICAL-TRIALS AND GOOD CLINICAL-PRACTIC E - RESULTS OF A TELEPHONE SURVEY AMONG 867 DOCTORS IN WESTERN NORMANDY

In order to evaluate what doctor's think about clinical trials in gene ral, 867 of them practicing in western Normandy were polled by telepho ne. The majority of the doctors questioned (68,6 %) said they were int erested in participating in clinical trials. Moreover, a number of the m (71,7 %) had already taken part in such studies, most of which were non-comparative studies on drugs already on the market. 66.2 % of the doctors said they were willing to participate in such trials but only 10 % of the doctors questioned knew anything about Good Clinical Pract ice. Doctors practicing in this part of France appear to know little o r nothing about Good Clinical Practice, however, while they are willin g to take part in clinical research, they are insistant that trials sh ould be of worthwhile interest.