Clinical Trials 101
Learn about clinical trials in this video with Elizabeth Abraham, RN, clinical research nurse at Mass General Cancer Center.
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Learn more about the role of clinical trials as a cancer treatment option, and why diverse patient participation in clinical trials is important.
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A “clinical trial” is a type of health research that tests new drugs and procedures in human patients to prevent, detect, diagnose, or treat cancer and other diseases.
Today, there are strict regulations and laws to ensure safety, fairness, and equitable treatment for all participants.
Through clinical trials, doctors learn as much as they can about which drugs, procedures, and other treatments work best for specific groups of people and which are successful in the whole population.
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Learn about clinical trials in this video with Elizabeth Abraham, RN, clinical research nurse at Mass General Cancer Center. Elizabeth describes what is involved with clinical trials in order to help improve your understanding so you can better navigate the process of being enrolled in a trial.
In this series of discussions, learn about the importance of clinical trials, the care team involved, and hear first-hand about a patient’s experience.
Part 1: Improving the Patient Experience
Part 2: Understanding the Basics
Part 3: Understanding Your Care Team
Part 4: A Patient's Experience
This helped lead to new knowledge and breakthrough therapies.
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Learn about clinical trials in this video with Elizabeth Abraham, RN, clinical research nurse at Mass General Cancer Center.
With its focus on innovative clinical trials, the Henri and Belinda Termeer Center for Targeted Therapies at the Mass General Cancer Center is committed to offering its patients the best and most advanced treatments available.
Dr. Rebecca Heist and Casandra McIntyre, RN discuss what clinical trials are and why they are important. Learn how clinical trials are benefitting patients and how we are keeping enrollees safe.