10 Facts Every Woman Should Know About Clinical Trials
Clinical Trial News Wednesday, March 28th, 2012Empowher: by Lynette Summerill, March 22, 2012 – 8:36am.
Fact 1: All clinical trials are voluntary.
If you meet the criteria for a clinical trial, you always have the right to choose whether or not you will participate, and you have the right to leave a clinical trial at any time, for any reason.
The level of care you get should not be affected by your decision. If you decide to leave the study, talk to your doctor first, especially if you are on a treatment regimen. You will want to know how quitting the study might affect your health and what other treatment options you have.
You should also tell the research group that you are quitting and why. Your health care team may ask that you agree to continue to be watched for a certain length of time to look for any long-term effects of treatment.
Fact 2: Not all clinical trials study treatments.
When it comes to health research, it may appear that most research studies are all about treatments, but many clinical trials look at new ways to detect, diagnose, or learn the extent of disease. Some even look at ways to prevent the disease from happening in the first place. Read More
