Clinical studies do come with risks but they are an important part of drug and medical device development processes. After getting favorable results from pre-clinical trials, companies need to further their studies and go into clinical trials to prove their products’ safety and effectiveness to the FDA. Just as there are healthy people who are enrolling with the purpose of helping to move science forward, there are also sick people who participate in these trials with the hope that the treatment they receive will help their disease and others who suffer from the same condition. People are given a consent form where they are made aware of all the risks associated with the studies so it is really up to them to decide whether it is worth it or not.