{"id":40513,"date":"2023-08-17T16:22:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T21:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leukemiarf.org\/?page_id=40513"},"modified":"2023-12-08T09:06:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T15:06:18","slug":"patient-safety-and-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leukemiarf.org\/clinical-trials\/patient-safety-and-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Clinical Trials Safe?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\tOn this page\n\t\t\t\t\t\n
It is natural to wonder whether clinical trials are safe-especially when you are already dealing with a serious medical condition. Required safeguards protect participants during every research study.<\/p>\n
One safeguard is informed consent. Potential participants learn important information about the clinical trial during the informed consent process before deciding to join the study. This process of providing updated information continues throughout the trial.<\/p>\n
A document is provided with information, such as:<\/p>\n
Signing an additional document is required for children participating in clinical trials. Anyone younger than 18 must get consent from their legal guardians or parents.<\/p>\n
Children older than seven years often must give their own consent before they join a study. Research team members may explain the study to children using pictures and words that they can easily understand.<\/p>\n
Many institutions, individuals, and\/or government organizations monitor and review clinical trials to make sure participants are safe. These may include the following:<\/p>\n
Whenever you join a clinical trial, you must remember that you always have complete control over your treatment. You can withdraw from the study if you feel uncomfortable, your symptoms worsen, you don’t see improvement, or for any other reason.<\/p>\n\t
Download a pdf of this information<\/a><\/b>.<\/p>\n Sign up to receive emails about upcoming patient webinars, the latest treatment updates, and other patient resources.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSIGN UP\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n On this page Are Clinical Trials Safe? It is natural to wonder whether clinical trials are safe-especially when you are already dealing with a serious medical condition. Required safeguards protect…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"parent":40360,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[0],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\t\tWant more information?\n\t<\/h2>\n\t
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