Planning and feasibility of a clinical research project

Scientific research is the best way to generate reliable, valid, verifiable and reproducible knowledge. In human health, biomedical research has allowed a better understanding of human diseases and to make progress in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of persons suffering from diseases. The scientific method is a sorted and structured system of generation of knowledge, through a series of sequential steps, that provide greater certainty to a result and allows to obtain valid conclusions, that provide credibility to new knowledge. When planning a research project, it should be noted that, there is actual risk to waste time, energy and resources to finally get a poorer, disappointing and sometimes useless outcome than expected. To minimize these risks, the planning gives a way of anticipating events and obstacles, and at the same time recognizing alternatives that make project, a useful product, which achieved its objective and to be efficient in the use of resources. With respect to these resources, the project feasibility analysis allows to recognize in detail the resources needed for its best execution and to meet the objectives of the study.