Why should I participate in a clinical trial?

Depending on the trial, there are numerous potential benefits for participants:

• Gaining access to new treatments before they are publicly available
• Joining in the global effort to find treatments and cures for disease
• Taking an active and empowering role in one’s own plan of care and treatment
• Receiving high quality care and advice from specialists involved in the trial
• Continuing beneficial treatment and medication even after the trial is over
• Finding a community of mutual support among other trial participants

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