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What is a Clinical Trial?

If you or someone you know would like to learn about what a clinical trial is, this brochure is for you. It is intended to provide you with the basic information on what clinical trials are.

Topics include:

  • What clinical trials are
  • What happens in a trial
  • Who participates in clinical trials
  • How you are protected in clinical trials

How did we create this brochure?

We developed this brochure together with subject matter experts, patient advocates, and members of the public, to 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.