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How to Join a Clinical Trial at Virginia Cancer Specialists
Should I participate in a Clinical Trial?
The decision to take part in a clinical trial is a personal one. You may wish to talk to your family and loved ones, as well as members of your health care team, before deciding. As with all current standard treatments, there can be possible risks as well as benefits from taking part in clinical trials.
Study drugs may be found to be more or less effective than current standard treatments and have side effects not yet known. You will be informed of these risks as much as possible. Your health care team will give you the information you need to make the decision that is right for you.
What’s required to participate in a clinical trial?
- A patient must inquire through his/her physician or a Clinical Trials Nurse Navigator.
- A patient must be given the opportunity to read and review a consent form that is specific for the trial.
- Following careful review and discussion with the patient’s physician and/or the physician running the trial at Virginia Cancer Specialists, the patient will meet with a Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) who will be the main contact during the study.
- There may be specific tests for the study, such as an echocardiogram, EKG, blood work, or even a biopsy of the patient’s cancer.
- Following this, if all criteria are met, the patient will then start treatment “on study.”
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