Email this pageHow can clinical research help me and others?
Many people face challenges from diseases and health conditions like obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Becoming involved in clinical research is a way to receive the very latest approaches in treatment and prevention.
New treatments and new ways to live.
In a clinical research study, you may receive a new procedure, treatment, medication or medical device. Participating in a clinical research study may be the only way to gain access to this new treatment until it is approved for public use.
In certain studies, some participants receive a placebo, or inactive treatment, which helps researchers determine the actual treatment’s effectiveness.
Other studies look at changes in the way you live—such as getting more exercise or eating foods that are rich in fiber—and how those changes improve your health.
It’s important to remember: Not all Clinical Research leads to improvements. Sometimes, clinical research shows that current approaches are better than the ones being investigated.
Helping all doctors.
Clinical research can help in another way, too: When the study is completed, it will provide new information to doctors so that they can treat disease more effectively. That new information could help you—and it could help other people, too.
When our clinical researchers complete a study, they make their results known to other doctors and researchers around the world. Those results often help doctors to provide better treatments to their patients
Helping Others
One of the most important things to know about clinical research is how it helps other people.
Even when clinical research doesn’t immediately identify a better approach, it will often help researchers to develop new ideas for further study.
Clinical research is the way we move all of medicine forward, creating better medications, treatments, diagnostic procedures, preventive measures and ways to live healthier for people here and around the world.
