Question 1

would a clinical trial be appropriate for me?

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Yes/It depends: Everyone is a potential candidate for clinical trials.
Historically inclusion/exclusion (i/e) criteria have selected only the healthiest people.
Increasing attention is being made to patients -- elderly, co-morbidities, pregnant, underserved, etc.
One resource is clinicaltrials.Gov as well as web sites of major centers -- eg mayo clinic, cleveland clinic, etc.

Question 2

why should i participation in an ms clinical trial?

Accepted Answer

Help others: Advancing our understanding of MS requires the dedication of researchers and also of patients. Clinical trials are the best tools to validate with reproducible evidence that a drug or intervention really has a benefit. Word of mouth or anecdotal evidence often fail to pass these hurdles and amount to pseudoscientific claims, lacking transparency to risk.

Question 3

how can you sign up for a clinical trial if you have cancer?

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Ask oncologist: Trials have specific criteria to enroll payients. Usually your oncologist can help you figure that out.

Question 4

would a clinical trial test for health before starting drug?

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Yes: It is typical for anyone who enters a clinical trial for a new medication to have a full exam and disclosure of complete medical information. It is routine to screen for certain type of patients who qualifies for the trial.

Question 5

what is the average failure rate for a cancer clinical trial?

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Not sure: I'm sorry kylej3, but i don't understand your question. There is no average rate that i know of. Pass and fail are not terms commonly used to describe trials. Trials are designed to answer questions regarding cancer treatments, side effects of treatments, epidemiologic questions, etc. Can you be more specific about what you would like to know?

Question 6

what treatment is best for terminal ca or should we try for clinical trial?

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It depends: The main goal for treatment of terminal cancer is usually comfort care, to decrease the symptoms associated with disease, so the patient can focus on spending more time with family and friends. There are different phases of clinical trial. One should  weigh the risk and benefit before participating it, specially the early phase trial when the toxicity and efficacy of a new therapy is unknown.

Question 7

anyone knows what is the cost of entering clinical trial for capsule endoscopy?

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O: Most clinical trials provide all testing and treatments at no cost to the participants.  Thanks for helping science progress.

Question 8

was anyone offered a clinical trial and turned it down and took the standard treatment instead?

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Hard to say: A proper clinical trial is a randomized, blinded study.  If a patient is enrolled in a clinical trial of a medication or therapy, then he/she and possibly the doctor should not know which therapy they are receiving - the new one being tested or the standard one (control or placebo).  Otherwise, there would be a bias introduced that would invalidate the results.

Question 9

how do they conduct a clinical trial?

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Intake: You need to meet the criteria for the specific condition being studied by the clinical trial.  For example, if the clinical trial was for depression, you would need to meet the criteria for depression.  You would go to the clinic and be evaluated.

Question 10

what is the definition or description of: clinical trial?

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Either/Or Comparison: Science is a method using simplicity, theories and then tests to see if the theory works; always. Clinical trials involve comparing one approach/choice/treatment option with another & checking outcomes. Key methodology is double blind & ideally cross-over design with outcome measures to be used determined in advance. Double blind: neither participants or people near them know who is getting which.

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