Is there anything patients should be aware of before participating in a clinical trial?
  • Participation is voluntary and is greatly appreciated by our Clinical Research staff and the sponsors. 
  • Patients must meet inclusion criteria and other requirements to be able to participate. 
  • There is no cost to the patients for their participation and most studies will compensate the subject for their time and travel for completing required visits and procedures. 
  • Clinical trials can last anywhere from 1 visit to 5 years.
What can patients expect? Will patients have additional requirements/testing than a non-clinical trial patient?
  • Patients participating in a clinical trial can expect to receive additional care along side the care they would receive from their providers. Clinical research trials can require additional procedures such as additional lab work (blood and urine samples), ECGs, questionnaires, dietician visits and visits with our clinical research team.
  • Research visits can take 1-3 hours depending on the type of visit  and necessary requirements from the study. 
  • Research visits must stick to the mandatory requirements of each study and maybe less flexible compare to a standard visit to your provider. 
  • Participating in a research trial requires more frequent visits and phone calls with the site and open an honest communication with the Clinical Research staff. Patients are asked to call the site if they experience any medical or health issues or changes to their mediation.
Why should patients consider enrolling in a clinical trial?

Clinical Trials give patients an opportunity to participate and help with the advancement of medications, devices, and ways to treat different conditions and diseases. Clinical research allows access to further information and care of a patient’s condition and possible access to new medication or treatment not available yet to the public. It also allows the patient to learn more about their disease or condition and allows them to have more of an active role in their health. Ultimately participation in research give participants the chance to help society and other people with the same condition or disease by increasing the knowledge of disease and supports development of new medications or treatments.

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