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How Can I Find Clinical Trial Results?You’ve spent weeks, months, or even years making regular visits to a testing center, keeping a log of your symptoms and treatment reactions, and getting checked and examined. Now the trial is over, and many volunteer patients wonder: did my participation lead to more knowledge that will help other people who struggle with an illness? It’s a logical question, but the answers aren’t always easy to find. CISCRP is working to help you find the outcomes of clinical trials. "Sometimes it’s hard to find the results because they don’t get published," says Kenneth Getz, CISCRP founder and chairman. "If a trial ends before it’s completed, or even after a clinical trial ends, the results may not be available or the researchers may never publish the results." Keep in mind that while your role in the trial or your individual treatment may have ended, the trial may still be ongoing. Even if it ended at your location, the trial may be part of a larger trial that involves multiple sites, some of which may still be in progress. After a trial ends, it takes considerable time for researchers to compile results, write a report and publish it. Here are some effective ways to find clinical trial results: Use CISCRP’s new online tool at www.SearchClinicalTrials.org. You can enter your disease or medical condition, your zipcode and how far you are willing to travel to participate in a clinical trial, and this internet search tool will scan the web and compile listings for you to check out. Alternatively, you can go directly to these listings at any of the sites named below:
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