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Join Clinical Trials ...

JoinClinicalTrials.org is a registry of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world. Here you will find information about a trial's purpose, who may participate, locations, and phone numbers.

Clinical Trial Seekers -

Clinical trials are added and removed each day on a 30 day rotation. For accuracy - We only list clinical trials that have been reported to these government agencies in the last 30 days:

U.S. National Library of Medicine,
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
U.S. National Institutes of health Services.

If you would like to receive timely and important notifications about new clinical trials in your area please fill out this short form. There is never any cost for our notification services. We value your privacy, your email address and member information is NEVER shared.

Is a Paid Clinical Trial Right for You?

Choosing to participate in a Paid clinical trial is an important personal decision. The following frequently asked questions provide detailed information about clinical trials.

In addition, it is often helpful to talk to a physician, family members, or friends about deciding to join a trial. After identifying some trial options, the next step is to contact the study research staff and ask questions about specific trials. Continue

• What is a Paid Clinical Trial?
• Why participate in a medical clinical trial?
• Who can participate in a clinical trial?
• What happens during a clinical trial?
• What is informed consent?
• What are the benefits & risks of participating?
• What are side effects and adverse reactions?
• How is the safety of the participant protected?
• Things to consider before participating in a trial?
• Preparation before meeting with the research coordinator or doctor?

• Does a participant continue to work with a primary health care provider while in a trial?
• Can a participant leave a clinical trial after it has begun?
• Where do the ideas for trials come from?
• Who sponsors clinical trials?
• What is a protocol?
• What is a placebo?
• What is a control or control group?
• What are the different types of clinical trials?
• What are the phases of clinical trials?
• What is an "expanded access" protocol?

Tips for Finding Clinical Trials

Finding clinical trials that perfectly match your criteria can be a daunting task, the trick is finding the most convenient clinical trials that pay the most amount of money.

 Most clinical trials offer some sort of compensation like, money, medication, temporary housing and so on. The amount that clinical trials pay participants is relative to the difficulty that they have finding the volunteers.

The difficulty can be measured by the size, location, condition and expense of the clinical trial. Each one of these variables factor into the difficulty and has a direct impact on the compensation.

When searching for clinical trials, one you find your desired location or category, you will click on a Clinical Trial Information sheet like this example. Example Information Sheet

The first thing you should do is to see if the clinical trial is right for you. You can do this by quickly scanning the headings of the information sheet. These headings are highlighted on the left by icons like this: and are labeled:

• Status of the Clinical Trial (This will appear at the top in red or green)

 

• Purpose - This will briefly let you know about the clinical trial and how it is conducted.

 

• Eligibility - This tells you age, gender and health status information. If you do not meet these eligibility requirement you should move to another clinical trial.

 

• Contacts and Locations - This will list the locations the clinical trial is being conducted and it will usually list the contact person to call. Note - Even if your location is not listed you should call the clinical trial investigator. Sometimes their locations have not been updated or they are willing to pay time and travel expenses.

• More Information - This will often give alternative contact people and other pertinent information about the trial.

These headings appear on the left side of the information sheet and are fairly self explanatory. Doing this will help you to quickly evaluate if the clinical trial is right for you.

Searching Tips

• Check the Conditions Category - If you only search the "Locations" directory you are missing out on a lot of clinical trials. Trials that are listed by "Condition" usually have multiple locations and can add new locations as the study moves forward.

 

• Register Your Profile with us. - You can post your location and condition in our personal clinical trials directory for FREE. This helps the research recruiters find you when the right trial becomes available. Register for Clinical Trials Here.

 

• Call the Clinical Trial Recruiters - At the bottom of all the information sheets you will see a "Contact Information" heading. Many clinical trials can be conducted in remote locations and the recruiters can help you.

 

• Subscribe to our Auto Update Service - By subscribing to our Auto Update Service you will receive automated emails informing you whrn new trials have opened in your area.