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Research About Clinical Trials

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Summaries of research studies of the clinical trials process. These studies inform the design and development of clinical trials.

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Trial Development Process
Cost Issues
Barriers to Participation

Trial Development Process

Cost Issues

  • Cost of Treating Cancer Patients in Clinical Trials Just Slightly Higher
    The most comprehensive study yet on the issue confirms that there are only slightly higher patient-care costs associated with treating patients in cancer clinical trials compared to treating similar patients outside of trials, according to the June 11, 2003, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
  • Clinical Trials Appear Not to Drive Up Cost of Cancer Treatment
    Some health insurers, concerned that participation in a clinical trial drives up the cost of cancer care, decline coverage to patients enrolled in cancer trials. However, the results of an April 2001 study by Thomas N. Chirikos, Ph.D. and others at the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, offer no basis for such a policy.

Barriers to Participation