Clinical Trials

The goal of clinical trials is to determine if treatments such as drugs, devices or other interventions are safe and effective. People take part in clinical trials for many reasons. Healthy volunteers say they take part to help others and to contribute to moving science forward. People with an illness or disease also take part to help others, but also to possibly receive the newest treatment and to have added (or extra) care and attention from the clinical trial staff. 

Clinical trials can offer hope for many people and a chance to help researchers find better treatments for others in the future. If you are interested in reading unbiased information about clinical trials, then we would recommend that you read the independent sources of information provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) website, a US government resource or information for patients provided by the UK National Health Service (NHS). Alternatively, if you are not resident in either of these countries, you may wish to try searching local resources or talk with your primary care or treating physician.