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Should I Participate

This brochure offers helpful information and questions to ask healthcare providers, family, friends, and yourself so you can better understand what participation may mean for you. It also highlights the importance of making an informed decision.

Choosing whether to join a clinical trial is a personal and important decision. CISCRP created this brochure to help people from all backgrounds explore their options and feel confident navigating the decision-making process.

Topics include:

  • What does it mean to be in a clinical trial?
  • What is an informed decision?
  • Questions to ask yourself
  • Questions to ask a healthcare professional
  • Questions to ask family, friends, and others you trust
  • What should you do next?
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How did we create this brochure?

This brochure was developed with feedback from members of the public, as well as subject matter experts. They all helped make sure the topics, language, images, and design are appropriate and engaging.

This brochure was also reviewed by an Institutional Review Board (IRB), which is also known as an independent ethics committee. The IRB review ensures the brochure follows ethical guidelines for providing information about clinical research to patients and the public. The alternative text and accessibility features in this brochure were added after IRB review.

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