Trial Activities

What happens after a patient qualifies for a clinical trial?

1. The physician or a member of the clinical trials staff presents the patient and their family with the idea of a clinical trial aas well as information on clinical trials in general and consent form. The patient is encouraged to take the information home to read and discuss at their leisure.
2. If the patient wants to participate they sign a form at the clinic and are then registered in the clinical trial.

What occurs during the clinical trials?

Each trial is different, however, for all of the trials during the active phase of treatment the patients are carefully monitored for reactions and quality of life.

What occurs after the clinical trial?

The follow-up phase is different for every study but routinely follows the normal schedule of recommended physicians visits and tests.

Clinical trials are completely voluntary. The patient has the right to withdraw from the study at any time during treatment or follow-up.

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