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General Information on Clinical Trials The following U.S. government web sites guide consumers to answers to questions and provide contacts to clinical trials, and to information on drugs and important health care issues. The clinical trials discussed in these sites are all available in ClinicalTrials.gov. Clinical Trials at the National Institutes of Health. The NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland is the research hospital of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). There, through clinical research, scientific discoveries in the laboratory are translated into new and better medical treatments and therapies for people. Their web site guides potential participants, their families and physicians about participating in clinical trials in Bethesda, Maryland: http://www.cc.nih.gov/ Recruitment information for sick or healthy participants: http://www.cc.nih.gov/cccprrc/info.html#patients Cancer Trials The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the U.S. government's focal point for clinical trials on cancer. Most U.S. government agencies that conduct cancer research, such as DOD or VA, do so in partnership with NCI. http://www.nci.nih.gov/ NCI provides information on understanding cancer trials, types of cancer, finding trials, resources for researchers, most requested pages, and more: http://www.cancer.gov/clinical_trials/ NCI Clinical Trials Education Series provides publications for individuals and health care professionals to understand clinical trials, such as self-paced workbooks, slide programs on CD-ROM, booklets and videos: http://oesi.nci.nih.gov/series/cted/ The Veterans Administration (VA) and NCI provide information on their interagency partnership agreement in clinical trials for cancer: http://www.va.gov/cancer/ The FDA Cancer Liaison Program, Office of Special Health Issues with NCI answers questions directed to FDA by participants, their families, and participant advocates about therapies for life-threatening diseases: http://www.fda.gov/oashi/cancer/cancer.html Vision Trials The National Eye Institute (NEI) provides a clinical studies database, vision research information, and free education resources: http://www.nei.nih.gov/resources/ Mental Health Trials National Institute of Mental Health (NIHM) supports FAQs for potential participants in mental health research; read "A Participant's Guide to Mental Health Clinical Research:" http://www.nimh.nih.gov/studies/clinres.cfm Information on Bioethics NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER), and the NIH Inter-Institute Bioethics Interest Group OER provides information on policies and regulations, Institutional Review Board resources, guidance for clinical investigators, research resources, courses and tutorials on bioethical issues in human studies: http://www.nih.gov/sigs/bioethics/ The National Library of Medicine (NLM) complied by the National Library of Medicine: http://www.nlmnih.gov/pubs/cbm/hum_exp.html HHS Office of Human Research Protection (OHRP) OHRP provides a guide and training materials on regulations and procedures governing research with human subjects; include a guidance document on financial relationships in clinical research: http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/polasur.htm Information on Medicare Coverage Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) CMS provides information on the September 19, 2000 final national coverage decision regarding Medicare payments for routine costs, and reasonable and necessary items in clinical trials; read "Medicare Coverage Policy ~ Clinical Trials." This decision is based upon the authority found in \u00a71862(a)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act http://www.hcfa.gov/coverage/8d.htm Clinical Trials and Medicare Quick Reference Guide http://www.hcfa.gov/medlearn/refctmed.htm MEDLINEplus Clinical Trials "Health Topics" Information MEDLINE plus is a web-based information service from the National Library of Medicine. Its "Health Topics" section has extensive information from NIH and other trusted sources on over 500 diseases and conditions, including a link to clinical trials. It also includes an informative "Clinical Trials" health topic page, with some material in Spanish, and an interactive tutorial on clinical trials. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/clinicaltrials.html  |
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