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What are Clinical Trials

Clinical trials Involves human volunteers, these participants may be patients or can all be healthy individuals who are not suffering from an illness or condition. Clinical trial is the primary way that researchers find out if a new treatment is safe and effective in people. Often a clinical trial is used to learn if a new treatment is more effective and/or has less harmful side effect than the standard treatment with the ultimate aim of improving standard care.

Advantages

Access to a new and possibly effective treatments or medicine available only to those participating in the trial
Compensation for participation in most cases
Participant gets an opportunity to learn more about their disease or health condition
Improving patient care and helping the community
Contributing to the development of new medicines and treatment guidelines
Improving the way doctors, nurses and other health professionals are trained

Disadvantages

Participants may have more clinic visits than regular personal doctor
The study treatment or medicine may not make you feel better
Some clinic visits may be longer
Completion of questionnaires and study diary at home
Follow up phone calls from the study staff if necessary

Subject Safety

An Institutional Review Board (IRB) is overseeing the conduct of study. The IRB has a panel of people which includes doctors, scientists, and lay people, like yourself, who are dedicated to making sure that the study participants are not exposed to unnecessary risks. Additional, each study may also have safety medical monitors. A periodic study review is conducted separately by the IRB and a medical monitor to evaluate risks vs benefit of continuing the trial.

Informed Consent Form

The informed consent process also helps protect participants. Research staff will explain possible side effects or other risks of the treatment. The informed consent form is NOT a contract. You can leave the trial at any time and for any reason without being judged or put in a difficult position regarding your medical care.

For more information please visit:

What Are Clinical Trials and Studies?
Clinical Trials: What Patients Need to Know

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NEERA is a fast-growing ocular research practice focused on patient care and providing cutting-edge investigational options to participants that may improve treatment outcome for ongoing ocular conditions.

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