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What are the benefits of participating in a clinical trial?
Click on this video to hear a real story about why someone decided to take part in a clinical trial.
There are many reasons to take part in a clinical trial. Some reasons are:
- It could benefit to you and your health.
- It could help others, including your family, friends, and community. Your participation could:
- Help researchers learn why some people are more likely to get certain diseases.
- Help researchers learn why some medications do not work well for everyone.
- It could help society by helping researchers save the lives of people in the future.
Note:
- If you decide to join a clinical trial, research staff will talk to you about the benefits of taking part in that study.
How does the study affect my care?
Click on this video to hear a real story about how a person’s participation in a clinical trial did not affect their disease treatment. Click here to read a transcript instead.
Some people take part in a clinical trial because of a disease or illness. If this is the case for you, you may wonder how participating will affect your care. Taking part in a study will NOT:
- Affect your diagnosis
- Affect the treatment you need to be healthy
- Change the quality of your medical care
- Deny you care at the medical institution
- Change your relationship with your doctor
What is the downside to participating in a study?
Click on this video to hear a real story about why a person decided not to take part in a clinical trial.
People can decide not to take part in a clinical trial. Some things to consider when making that decision include:
- Risks specific to that study
- How long a person needs to take part in the study
- Where the appointments are
Note:
- You may feel more comfortable sticking with your routine care
- You may have concern about the accidental release of your personal information. Every study must have security measures to prevent this from happening
- Risks are different for each study. A recruiter will discuss these with you.
What are my rights as a research participant?
Click on this video to hear a real story about safety and ethics in clinical trials.
Your rights are to:
- Be treated with respect.
- Be fully informed in different aspects of your treatment plan.
- Decide not to take part in a study.
- Leave a study at any time.
- Ask for information in the language of your choice or ask someone to help you interpret.
Note:
- These are your rights whether you choose to take part in a study or not.
- Those with special needs can receive assistance.
Can I change my mind?
Click on this video to hear a real story about safety and ethics in clinical trials.
- You can choose to take part in a study, or you may choose not to be part of a study.
- You can decide to leave a study at any time.
- It is important to talk to you doctor about your concerns before leaving a study. Your doctor can tell you about any medical risks due to leaving a study.
- If you change your mind in the middle of a study:
- The consent form has details on how to leave the study, including a telephone number. [You get a consent form when a researcher explains the study to you. You have to sign a consent form before you join a study.]
- Research staff can also help you leave a study.