Clinical Trials

Today, medicine relies almost exclusively on randomized controlled trials and their more sophisticated cousins, meta-analyses, to guide treatment decisions - Barron H. Lerner MD

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CLINICAL TRIALS: Should you, Could you, Will you?

Did you know, depending upon where you look for the information, a mere 3-5% of cancer patients participate in clinical trials? Let's look at the flip side. More than 90% of us may be walking around with answers locked inside our bodies which begs the question: "WHY?"

The truth is, there's no one simple answer. It's complicated. There is room for much improvement in every aspect of the process. A quick search on clinicaltrials.gov shows there are currently almost sixteen thousand trials across all diseases being studied that are currently recruiting, or are nearly ready to begin to recruit patients.

There's the first problem. How can any one doctor or office be expected…

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 CLINICAL TRIALS: Should you, Could you, Will you?

Did you know, depending upon where you look for the information, a mere 3-5% of cancer patients participate in clinical trials? Let's look at the flip side. More than 90% of us may be walking around with answers locked inside our bodies which begs the question: "WHY?"

CenterWatch

A listing of Breast Cancer medical research trials actively recruiting patient volunteers. Search for closest city to find more detailed information on a research study in your area.

ClinicalConnection

By bringing both of our clients (Study Participants and Clinical Investigators) together we are able to revolutionize the Study Participant recruitment process in order to make it quicker, more accurate, and more personal than ever.

ClinicalResearch.com

Quintiles created ClinicalResearch.com to increase clinical research awareness, understanding and participation. Here you can find clinical research studies recruiting in your area and learn about advances in medical areas of interest to you.

ClinicalTrials.gov

ClinicalTrials.gov is a Web-based resource that provides patients, their family members, health care professionals, researchers, and the public with easy access to information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies on a wide range of diseases and conditions.

ResearchMatch

ResearchMatch has a simple goal — to bring together two groups of people who are looking for one another: (1) people who are trying to find research studies, and (2) researchers who are looking for people to participate in their studies. It is a free and secure registry that has been developed by major academic institutions across the country who want to involve you in the mission of helping today’s studies make a real difference for everyone’s health in the future.

Trials

Trials is an open access, peer-reviewed, online journal that encompasses all aspects of the performance and findings of randomized controlled trials.

Trials Central

Trials Central is a comprehensive online resource guide for trusted information about medical research studies, also called clinical research trials. The site helps to find a free, confidential program that assists the patients, their families and health care workers, to look for clinical case studies, which are most appropriate to a patient's medical and personal situation.

BreastCancer.org

Today, fewer than 5% of breast cancer patients receive treatment for their disease in a clinical trial. Why? One factor is that information about current trials and how to enroll in a trial are often not well understood.

Susan G. Komen

All clinical trials have specific criteria for joining the study, so you may not be eligible for a trial. Or, there may not be a clinical trial currently recruiting participants that’s right for you.

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