Clinical Trials

[Martynt74]

Anyone ever considered these?

It feels like an easy way to a little extra money. Whilst i don't need the money, the thought of getting paid to sit around and be a guinea pig does appeal and would let me shove more money into ISA's and the like.

On the surface the risk appears to be very low, whilst there are documented cases of things going wrong they seem pretty rare. You then get to spend a few days locked in a room, presumably with access to the internet. Hell with remote working at the moment you could do it without even taking days off work!

It's something i consider every now and then, but ultimately never go through with. Would be interesting to hear peoples thoughts.

 

[Martynt74]

I've done them in the distant past. But I wasn't keen on any overnight stay ones. Surrounded by a bunch of strangers for a week, unable to go out, and (in my experience) most of them haven't heard of personal hygiene...

I also read the ICFs carefully, and didn't put my name down for anything which hadn't already been tested on a lot of human subjects before it got to me!

The one i saw seemed to suggest you were locked away in a private room for ~10 days as they needed no contamination for readings. It paid just over £4k so seems tempting. I presume you don't have to cook/clean either so it's like a holiday!

Probably wouldn't be keen to be away from the wife/kids that long personally, but it's pretty lucrative.