Resources for Research Study Participants in Tampa Bay
Is Clinical Trial participation right for me?
Clinical trials provide hope for those who are struggling with illnesses or diseases, and they offer an opportunity to help researchers find better treatments for others in the future.
People participate in clinical trials for a variety of reasons - healthy volunteers do it to help others and contribute to moving science forward, while participants with an illness or disease participate to help others, but also to receive the newest treatment and have the additional care and attention from the clinical trial staff.
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What are the benefits of Clinical Trials?
Types of Clinical Trials
Treatment
Screening
Genetic Studies
Quality of Life
Prevention
Case control
Risks Associated with Volunteering in Paid Research Trials
- The new treatment may be uncomfortable or cause serious side effects.
- There may be a possibility that the new treatment is not effective or is not better than the standard treatment.
- You CANNOT be part of the treatment group (or experimental group) receiving the new treatment, for example, a new drug or device. Instead, you can be part of the control group, which means you get the standard treatment or a placebo with no treatment.
- It may be the case that you do not meet the requirements to enter the treatment group (or experimental group) that is participating in the new treatment.
Bill Of Rights For Research Participants
Resources for Volunteers and Families
NIH Clinical Research Trials
The NIH conducts quality clinical research for a number of diseases and conditions, including cancer, Alzheimer's disease, allergies, infectious diseases, and neurological disorders. You can find other clinical trials on conditions and diseases by visiting ClinicalTrials.gov.
Clinical Research Compliance and Enforcement
Provides links to clinical investigators who have participated or are participating in clinical trials of pharmaceuticals and regulatory correspondence and restrictions resulting from non-compliance observed during Biological Research Monitoring Inspections (BIMO).
Good Clinical Practice
Good Clinical Practices incorporate established ethical and scientific quality standards for the design, conduct, registration, and reporting of research involving human subjects.
HHS Office of Human Research Protection
OHRP develops educational programs and materials, provides guidance and clarification, maintains regulatory oversight, and provides advice on ethical and regulatory issues in behavioral and biomedical research.
Interactive Clinical Trial Patient Education Tutorial
If you or someone you know would like to take part in a clinical study, we provide up-to-date information about clinical research studies to patients, their families and caregivers, healthcare professionals, and the public. Each study record includes a summary of the study protocol, including purpose, enrollment status, and eligibility criteria.
Protecting America's Health Through Human Drugs
Human drug studies can begin only after the FDA and a local institutional review board review an investigational new drug. The board is a panel of scientists and non-scientists at hospitals and research institutions that oversees the clinical trial.
Protection of Human Research Subjects
Modern advances in human health and wellness ultimately depend on research studies involving humans. Well-controlled studies with human subjects are essential to verify any conclusions about normal physiology, disease mechanisms, the efficacy of new treatments, learning, or behavior.
Commonly Used Clinical Trial Forms Relevant To Clinical Trials
A Case Record Form or CRF is a document designed by the Protocol to record data and other important information about each test subject. The CRF must be in a format that allows accurate entry, submission, verification, audit, and inspection of the data recorded. CRFs may be in paper or electronic format, both of which are acceptable under Good Clinical Practice guidelines.