Category: Participants FAQs

What are the benefits and risks of participating in a study?

Benefits

Clinical studies are designed and executed to allow eligible subjects to:

  • Play an active role in their own healthcare
  • Gain access to new research treatments before they are widely available
  • Obtain expert medical care at healthcare facilities during the study
  • Help others by contributing to medical research

Risks

There are risks to clinical studies, including:

  • Possible unpleasant, serious or even life-threatening side effects from the experimental treatment
  • Ineffectiveness: the experimental treatment may not be effective for you
  • Time spent: The study may require your time and attention, due to multiple visits to the study site, frequent treatments or hospital stays, etc.