{"id":12,"date":"2017-05-17T22:31:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T22:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kreklewetz.com\/gbmaware\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2020-06-27T13:56:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T13:56:56","slug":"trials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kreklewetz.com\/gbmaware\/trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-61\" src=\"http:\/\/kreklewetz.com\/gbmaware\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/pills.png\" alt=\"Pills\" width=\"260\" height=\"174\" \/>Clinical trials are research studies that test new drugs and treatments to help manage diseases. The following are benefits<br \/>and risks of clinical trials, from the Canadian Cancer Encyclopedia (2012):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When an experimental treatment is being studied in comparison to a standard treatment, it is possible that the participant might not receive the new treatment being tested. However, the participant will receive the best standard cancer treatment available.<\/li>\n<li>If the new drug being studied in a clinical trial works effectively to treat or prevent cancer, the participants in the study will be the first to benefit.<\/li>\n<li>In learning about clinical research and joining a clinical trial, a person takes an active role in a decision that affects their life. This can be personally empowering.<\/li>\n<li>The person may benefit from the extra follow-up care provided to participants.<\/li>\n<li>The person has a chance to help others and to improve the treatment of cancer.<\/li>\n<li>The person has a chance to further the knowledge of early detection, screening and diagnosis, supportive care and prevention of cancer, which could lead to improved outcomes.<\/li>\n<li>Cancer screening trials may encourage participants to continue checkups on a regular basis, which can lead to overall improved health.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Risks<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New drugs or treatments under study are not always better than, or as good as, the standard ones.<\/li>\n<li>There may be unexpected side effects that may be worse than those caused by standard drugs or treatments. A person is watched carefully during the study in case they have a bad reaction to the new drug or treatment.<\/li>\n<li>Although a new drug or treatment may have benefits, it may not work for every participant (just as a standard treatment may not work for everyone).<\/li>\n<li>Participants that get standard treatment may not benefit as much as those receiving the new one (if it is found to be more effective at treating cancer).<\/li>\n<li>Being in a clinical trial may take extra time or be inconvenient. A person may be required to have more tests or take extra medicines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Clinical Trials<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadiancancertrials.ca\/\">Canadian Cancer Trials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.gov\/clinicaltrials\/search\">National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancer.duke.edu\/btc\/modules\/clinicaltrialsmain22\/\">Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University Clinical Trials\/Studies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.siteman.wustl.edu\/FindProtocol.aspx\">Siteman Cancer Center Clinical Trials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/ct2\/results?term=glioblastoma+multiforme\">US National Institute of Health Clinical Trials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neurooncology.ucla.edu\/ClinicalTrials\/OpenTrials.aspx\">UCLA Neuro-Oncology Clinical Trials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtualtrials.com\/Glioblastomamultiforme.cfm\">Virtual Trials<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lenoxhill.northwell.edu\/lenoxhill\/neurosurgery\/research-clinical-trials\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">Lenox Hill Brain Tumor Center<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clinical trials are research studies that test new drugs and treatments to help manage diseases. The following are benefitsand risks of clinical trials, from the Canadian Cancer Encyclopedia (2012): Benefits When an experimental treatment is being studied in comparison to a standard treatment, it is possible that the participant might not receive the new treatment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kreklewetz.com\/gbmaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kreklewetz.com\/gbmaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kreklewetz.com\/gbmaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kreklewetz.com\/gbmaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kreklewetz.com\/gbmaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.kreklewetz.com\/gbmaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193,"href":"https:\/\/www.kreklewetz.com\/gbmaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kreklewetz.com\/gbmaware\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}