Why Participate in a Clinical Trial?

What are the benefits?

Offering to partake in a clinical drug or medical device trial, is one of the best ways to getting the understanding of diseases and the benefits of the development of a new drug or medical device. When you volunteer in a study, you become the most critical link to research and testing for the development of new drugs or medical device that could cure a broad range of health problems.

Benefits of volunteering include:

You get continuous medical care from physician during the study.

You receive medications before they become available to the open market.

You in most cases receive compensation for time and travel.

You become a part of the research process, that could lead to new advance therapies.

 

There is usually no cost to participating in a clinical trial.  In many cases, you do not need medical insurance to qualify to receive the medication under clinical trial.  Medical assessment, study drugs, and laboratory care mostly offered at no charge to you.

                                                                                          

If you are interested in one of our studies, or want to learn more about our upcoming studies, please complete our form below and we will reach out to you.

 

What to Expect

Before you can partake in a clinical trial, you must be eligible for that specific trial.  The initial step toward finding out if you are eligible for our clinical trials, is to speak with our Research Coordinator by calling or completing our forms.  She will go over the inclusion and exclusion criteria to determine your eligibility. “Inclusion criteria” are criteria you must meet to be eligible and included in the trial and “exclusion criteria” are things that makes you ineligible, to be part of that specific trial.

If you qualify, you will be invited to visit our research site, for further information. You will be screen at the site to further determine your eligibility to participate in the trial. You will be provided a consent form, if when all other requirements are met. You will be given enough time, to review the informed consent document, or take it home to decide if you should participate in the study with your family.  You will meet with both the Research Coordinator, and Physician (Principal Investigator), to answer any of your questions before signing the Informed Consent Document. The time frame and requirements of the trial will be explained to you, and all your questions will be answered.

During a trial, expect to be given the investigational product or drug, a placebo, or a current available treatment.  You will be assessed by both the Principal Investigator (PI) and Research Coordinator at each visit.  There are risks to participating in a clinical trial that are specific to the study.  The risk of participating in a trial will be discussed, so you can decide whether to participate or not.

At the end of each trial, you will be guided to returning any unused study drug, and you will be asked to complete a short questionnaire about your experience.  

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For more information, go to our clinical trials website, www.divinityresearchsite.com/becomeaparticipant or complete our participant submission form.