What is a clinical study?

New Hope Research of Oregon

What is a clinical study?

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Every day, research uncovers new information about medical conditions and possible therapies. Your involvement in clinical studies could help in the development of new medications.

Should I Volunteer?

Volunteering to participate in a clinical study is one of the best ways you can contribute to the understanding of the diseases that affect people and the development of new therapies. Volunteers are important to the clinical study phase of the drug approval process. As a volunteer, you are the most critical link in a long chain of research and testing in the development of new medications for a broad range of health problems.

How is a Drug Approved for Testing?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) typically must authorize a drug company's proposal to conduct clinical studies. Drug companies must do years of laboratory research before they can begin testing medicines in human subjects.

What Is an Informed Consent?

Informed consent is the process designed to give volunteers the information that they need to decide about participating in a clinical study. This process allows volunteers to ask questions freely with the clinical investigator.

How Can I Become a Study Volunteer?

For more information on clinical studies and how to become a study volunteer, please contact the Healthcare Professionals at New Hope Research of Oregon at:

New Hope Research of Oregon

Barbur Plaza

9045 SW Barbur Blvd, Suite 106

Portland, Oregon 97219

- Phone: (503) 246-4022
- Fax: (503) 245-4677

Or E-Mail:

newhopeoforegon@aol.com

What is a Clinical Study?

A clinical study is carefully designed to test the effects of a medication, medical treatment, or device on a group of volunteers. Clinical studies are an important step in making new medications available. They measure the drug's ability to treat a condition, its safety and its possible side effects.

Who Can Be in a Clinical Study?

People with the condition being studied as well as healthy people can volunteer to participate in a study. The FDA has very strict requirements that specify which studies involve healthy volunteers and which studies involve patients with the conidtion being studied.

Who is the Institutional Review Board (IRB)?

The IRB is a group of healthcare professionals and members of the local community which must review and approve a clinical study before it begins. The IRB carefully reviews study activities to protect the safety and rights of study participants.

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