Clinical Research is the study of health and illness in people. Observational studies monitor people in normal settings and researchers are able to gather information from people over time. Clinical trials are studies that test a medication, diagnostic test, procedure, or a behavioral intervention to determine if a new form of treatment is safe and effective in people.
With Clinical Research we can also:
- Test ways to diagnose a disease or condition earlier, sometimes before there are symptoms.
- Find ways to determine if an individual is at risk of developing a disease.
- Improve quality of life for people living with a disease or condition.
- Study the role of health care providers and caregivers.
- Prevention Trials – Prevention trials look to see if an intervention may prevent a disease or condition.
- Treatment Trials – Treatment trials involve a medication/treatment. Early phases of these trials occur to determine the safety and side effects if it is a new treatment. Later phases of these trials occur to determine if the treatment may work better than others.
- Screening Trials – Screening Trials usually involve screening tests for the early signs of a condition or disease. For example, researchers may be looking to test new methods for detecting certain types of cancer.
- Compensation for time
- Assessments (study related assessments provided at no cost).
- Medication (no cost study-related medication).
- Impact the future of medicine
- Expert medical care
- No insurance required
- A research staff member will explain the trial or study and gather information to determine if you may qualify.
- If you agree to participate, you will sign a consent form which will be reviewed with you by a research staff member.
- You will be screened to determine if you qualify for the trial or study.
- If accepted into the trial or study, you’re first visit is called the “baseline” visit.
- For some trials that are testing an intervention, you may be randomly assigned to a treatment group or a control group. The treatment group will get the intervention that is being tested, the control group will not.
- You may visit the trial/study site periodically at regularly scheduled -times for follow up assessments.
- You would continue to see your regular physician for usual care throughout the study.
Office for Human Research Protections – https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/index.html
National Institutes of Health – https://www.nih.gov/
Information about FDA Regulated Medical Products – https://www.fda.gov/
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