Am I suitable?
As a basic guide, if you're fit and healthy and aged between 18 and 85, you're the kind of volunteer that ICON Development Solutions needs.
General criteria stipulates that you:
- Should be a normal weight for your height. You can check by using our BMI calculator.
- Need to have been registered with a UK GP for a minimum of 1 year, who must have access to at least the previous 3 years of your medical history.
- Must have a permanent UK National Insurance Number (if a British citizen) or current passport number.
- Must not be taking any illegal or social drugs/medicines. This includes drugs like cannabis and ecstasy.
- Must be a non-smoker or smoke less than 15 cigarettes per day.
- Must not taking prescribed medication from your Doctor on a regular basis. However, short courses of treatment like antibiotics are not usually a problem. Long term HRT for women may be acceptable.
- Should be able to attend our Manchester unit, most trials will require you to stay with us – this can be from 24 hours to 4 weeks depending on the study.
- On occasions, specific studies may require volunteers with particular characteristics – for instance, we may need volunteers who have the medical condition a new medicine is intended to treat eg. Asthma or Diabetes