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In medicine, a clinical trial (synonyms: clinical studies, research protocols, medical research) is a research study. Types of clinical trials The most commonly performed clinical trials evaluate new drugs, medical devices, biologics, or other interventions to patients in strictly scientifically controlled settings, and are required for regulatory authority (in the USA, the Food and Drug Administration) approval of new therapies. Trials may be designed to assess the safety and efficacy o ...
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- Acceso al tratamiento (Project Inform)
- Access to Investigational Drugs: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute)
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- Backgrounder - HIV Infection in Infants and Children (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Become An HIV Vaccine Study Volunteer (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, HHS)
- Breast Cancer Prevention Studies
- Cancer Facts - Los estudios clÃnicos: conozca los hechos acerca de los estudios de prevención del cáncer
- Cancer Liaison Program (Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,)
- Cancer Trials: Clinical Trials and Insurance Coverage: A Resource Guide (National Cancer Institute)
- Cancer Trials: Learning about Clinical Trials (National Cancer Institute)
- Chelation Therapy: AHA Recommendation (American Heart Association)
- Children in Research: Making the Decision (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Children's Assent to Clinical Trial Participation (National Cancer Institute)
- Children's Assent to Clinical Trial Participation: Special Considerations (National Cancer Institute)
- Clinical Research on HIV Vaccines (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Clinical Research Studies at the National Institutes of Health (Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center)
- Clinical Research Volunteer Program for Healthy Volunteers at the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center)
- Clinical Trials (National Institutes of Health)
- Clinical Trials (Cleveland Clinic)
- Clinical Trials (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Clinical Trials (Medline Plus)
- Clinical Trials and Insurance Coverage - A Resource Guide (National Cancer Institute)
- Clinical Trials Definitions (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Clinical Trials Explained (AIDS Community Research Initiative of America)
- Clinical Trials for Medical Treatments (Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS)
- Clinical Trials of Medical Treatments: Why Volunteer? (Food and Drug Administration, HHS)
- Clinical Trials [Interactive Tutorial] (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
- Clinical Trials: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, HHS)
- ClinicalTrials.gov (National Institutes of Health) - provides information for patients about clinical research studies (National Institutes of Health, OPHS, HHS)
- Descripción general de los ensayos clÃnicos (AIDSInfo)
- Estudio del Selenio y la Vitamina E para Prevenir el Cáncer (SELECT): preguntas y respuestas
- Experimental Treatments? Unapproved but Not Always Unavailable (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
- Explicación de los Estudios ClÃnicos (AIDS Community Research Initiative of America)
- Facts and Figures about Cancer Clinical Trials (National Cancer Institute)
- Facts and Figures About Cancer Clinical Trials (National Cancer Institute)
- FAQ for Patients (Clinical Trials) (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group)
- FDA Issues Guidance on Race and Ethnicity Data (Food and Drug Administration)
- Frequently Asked Questions to Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, OPHS, HHS)
- Glossary of Clinical Trials Terms (National Library of Medicine)
- Guide to Understanding Informed Consent (National Cancer Institute)
- Guidelines for the Conduct of Research Involving Human Subjects at the National Institutes of Health (Office of Human Subjects Research)
- HIV Vaccine Research (Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention, NCHSTP, CDC, OPHS, HHS)
- HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials FAQ (AIDSInfo)
- How do I find out about trials of new drugs and therapies that I might qualify for? (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
- If You Want to Find Ways to Prevent Cancer...Learn about Prevention Clinical Trials (National Cancer Institute)
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- Introduction to Clinical Trials (Office of the Director)
- JAMA Patient Page: Basic Science Research (American Medical Association)
- JAMA Patient Page: Cancer Clinical Trials (American Medical Association)
- JAMA Patient Page: Medical Research - Finding the Best Information (American Medical Association)
- Medicare & Clinical Trials (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - Links to PDF File
- Medicare Coverage -- Clinical Trials: Final National Coverage Decision (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
- MEDLINEplus (National Library of Medicine, NIH, HHS)
- MEDLINEplus Información de Salud de la Biblioteca Nacional de Medicina (National Library of Medicine, NIH, HHS)
- National Cancer Institute's Clinical Trials Information for Physicians PDQ® Clinical Trials Information (Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS)
- National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, HHS)
- National Institutes of Health Launches "ClinicalTrials.gov" (National Library of Medicine Office of Public Information)
- NIAID Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Units (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- NIMH Clinical Trials (National Institute of Mental Health Information Center)
- Now You Have a Diagnosis: What’s Next? Using Health Care Information To Help Make Treatment Decisions (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- Office of Rare Diseases (Office of Rare Diseases)
- Overview of Microbicide Trials: Issues and Challenges (Global Campaign for Microbicides)
- Participant's Guide to Mental Health Clinical Research (National Institute of Mental Health)
- Patient Recruitment for Clinical Studies at the NIH Clinical Center (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center)
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- Pregnancy Registries (Office of Women's Health, OEA, FDA, HHS)
- Preguntas importantes que se deben hacer sobre...una investigación (CDC National Prevention Information Network)
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- Questions and Answers: The Breast Cancer Prevention Trial (National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS)
- Questions and Answers: Clinical Trial Comparing Letrozoleto Placebo Following Tamoxifen Therapy to Reduce the Risk of Cancer Recurrence Among Post-Menopausal Women Originally Diagnosed with Early-Stage Breast Cancer (National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS)
- Radiation Therapy Oncology Group
- Reporting Complaints Related to FDA-Regulated Clinical Trials (Food and Drug Administration)
- Respect for Life: Why Animal Research? (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
- Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT): Questions and Answers
- Should I Enter a Clinical Trial? A Patient Reference Guide for Adults with a Serious or Life-Threatening Illness (ECRI)
- Should I Take Part in a Cancer Prevention Trial? (National Cancer Institute)
- Should I Take Part in a Cancer Prevention Trial? (National Cancer Institute)
- States That Require Health Plans to Cover Patient Care Costs in Clinical Trials (National Cancer Institute)
- Taking Part in Clinical Trials - What Cancer Patients Need to Know (Cancer Information Service, NCI, NIH, HHS)
- Taking Part in Clinical Trials: What Cancer Patients Need to Know (National Cancer Institute)
- Taking Part in Clinical Trials: What Cancer Patients Need to Know (National Cancer Institute)
- Taking Part in Research Studies: What Questions Should You Ask? (CDC National Prevention Information Network)
- TrialScope (UCSF Center for HIV Information (CHI))
- Understanding Cancer Prevention Trials (National Cancer Institute)
- Understanding Risk: What Do Those Headlines Really Mean? (National Institutes of Health)
- Understanding Risk: What Do Those Headlines Really Mean? (National Institute on Aging)
- Understanding Screening Trials (National Cancer Institute)
- What is a Clinical Trial? (Office of Communications, NIAID, NIH, HHS)
- What Is an AIDS Clinical Trial? (AIDSInfo)
- What's New at ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)
- Why Do Basic Research? (National Institute of General Medical Sciences)
- Why Volunteer? Clinical Trials of Medical Treatments [Easy-to-Read] (Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,)
- Womancando - Some Things Only a Woman Can Do Campaign (Society for Women's Health Research)
- ¿En Qué Consisten Los Estudios Clínicos? Un Folleto Para Los Pacientes De Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
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