How can patients find out more information about a specific investigational drug?
Patients can find out more about a specific drug by contacting the drug company that is developing the drug. Information may also be available from the NCI’s Cancer Information Service at 1–800–4–CANCER (1–800–422–6237). • What other resources are available on this topic? The following list of resources may be helpful: • The NCI’s Web site has a feature titled Understanding the Approval Process for New Cancer Treatments: Special Needs, which can be found at http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/learning/approval-process-for-cancer-drugs/page4 on the Internet. • Another NCI Web site is the Drug Development and Approval home page, which can be found at http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/treatment/druginformation on the Internet.
