What are the possible risks of participating in a clinical trial?
Risks vary by each clinical trial and should be explored fully with your health care providers and the study administrators before you consent to participate. These may include unpleasant, serious or life-threatening side effects, the possibility that the study drug or treatment is not effective in treating your cancer or the inconvenience of making additional trips to the study center or participating in additional tests as a condition of enrolling in the study.
