News: Patient-led drug trials defy medical establishment (AP) Patient-led drug trials defy medical establishment (AP) ================================================================================ by team on 26 November, 2008 12:02:33 AP - Until last year, Alan Felzer was an energetic engineering professor who took the stairs to his classes two steps at a time. Now the 64-year-old grandfather sits strapped to a wheelchair, able to move little but his left hand, his voice a near-whisper.