Information for the Public & Study Subjects

Click on the links below to find answers to the following questions:

1.      Where can I find a listing of clinical trials?

2.      Where can I find information about what clinical trials are and what I should know before I decide to be in a clinical trial?

3.      What are some general resources to help me learn more about clinical trials?

Clinicaltrials.gov

·         Maintained by the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine

·         Provides a nation-wide listing of information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers

·         Contains introductory information about clinical trials; and information on the role of the participants in clinical trials

Cancer.gov

·         Maintained by the National Cancer Institute

·         Contains general information about participating in clinical trials, including information on access to investigational drugs , a resource guide on clinical trials, information on insurance coverage and clinical trials, and specific information related to clinical trials sponsored by the National Cancer Institute

Centerwatch.com

·         Maintained by CenterWatch, a Boston-based publishing and information services company

·         Provides a nation-wide listing of industry-sponsored clinical trials that are actively recruiting patients

·         Contains general background information on clinical trials

ACRP.org

·         Maintained by the Association for Clinical Research Professionals, a professional society of individuals involved in all aspects of clinical trials

·         Contains general information on participating in clinical trials

Trialscentral.org

·         Affiliated with the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization of researchers, health care professionals, consumers, and others interested in specific health care issues

·         Provides links to other web sites with listings of clinical trials

·         Contains general information on participating in clinical trials and links to other health care information sites, including medical dictionaries, published [or recent] articles, and links to other evidence-based health care sites

Medlineplus.gov

·         Maintained by the National Library of Medicine

·         Provides a link to PubMed, the National Library of Medicine database of citations and abstracts from world wide journals

·         Contains resources such as a discussion of various health topics, current medial news, drug dictionary and medical encyclopedia to help interpret medical and research information

FDA.gov/medwatch

·         Maintained by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

·         Contains safety information on drugs and other products regulated by the FDA.