In Partnership with CSL Behring

Possible Benefits of Being Part of a Clinical Trial

As a research participant, you help researchers explore potential new treatments. Through participating in a clinical trial, you may also learn more about your condition, which can help in your disease management. The insights that come from research studies help those in the medical field learn new ways to help others with your condition.

Possible Risks of Being Part of a Clinical Trial

Research participation does not come without risks. The study treatment or study medication being tested may not make you feel better, or could make you feel worse, for many reasons, including:

• interacting with your other medications
• starting at an unideal time in the course of your disease progression
• not working in humans like it did in earlier experiments
• working better in one sex or certain racial/ethnic background
• risks inherent to the study drug or how it is administered

New treatments are not always better than standard treatments and could, for instance, potentially be less safe or less effective, or could potentially interfere with the treatments you are currently receiving. You will likely have more medical visits, and you may spend additional funds on matters such as travel. The cost of medications and tests that are not part of your standard of care may be covered by the study, but it’s important to review this with the study staff to ensure you’re fully informed before you decide to participate. There is also the risk that the treatment may have known or unknown side effects, which can result in various types of complications. The study will be stopped by an independent group of scientists (called an Institutional Review Board) if the rights and welfare of the study subjects are not properly protected.