Clinical trials vary greatly. Each trial is designed in a way that best allows its researchers to determine the particular goals or endpoints under study for an experimental therapy, such as a new drug in development.
Since clinical trial designs are highly customized, it is important to ask the right questions in order to determine if the trial is a good fit. Each patient, too, has individual health needs and considerations.
Here are examples of questions you might ask a study team:
- How long will the trial last?
- What are the advantages of participating in this trial?
- What are the possible disadvantages of participation in this clinical trial?
- When do I need to decide whether I want to participate in the trial?
- What are the eligibility criteria?
- If I am not eligible, can you recommend other options?
- In addition to the experimental treatment, what other treatments are offered in the trial?
- What are the chances of my being in a comparator group, and receiving a placebo or other treatment?
- How frequent are the study visits?
- How long do the study visits last?
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