Who Can Participate in a Clinical Trial?
All clinical trials have guidelines about who can participate. Using inclusion/exclusion criteria is an important principle of medical research that helps to produce reliable results. The factors that allow someone to participate in a clinical trial are called “inclusion criteria” and those that disallow someone from participating are called “exclusion criteria”. These criteria are based on such factors as age, gender, the type and stage of a disease, previous treatment history, and other medical conditions. Before joining a clinical trial, a participant must qualify for the study. Some research studies seek participants with illnesses or conditions to be studied in the clinical trial, while others need healthy participants. It is important to note that inclusion and exclusion criteria are not used to reject people personally. Instead, the criteria are used to identify appropriate participants and keep them safe. The criteria help ensure that researchers will be able to answer the ques
• – All clinical trials have guidelines about who can participate in a study. Guidelines are based on such factors as age, type of disease, medical history, and current medical condition. Some research studies seek volunteers with illnesses or conditions to be studied, while other trials need healthy volunteers. • – Factors that allow you to participate in a study are called “inclusion criteria”. Factors that keep you from participating are called “exclusion criteria”. The criteria are not used to reject people for any personal reason, but rather are used to identify appropriate participants and keep them safe. The criteria also help researchers ensure they will be able to answer the questions they plan to study. • – Additional Resource Information on clinical trials can be found at http://clinicaltrials.
All clinical trials have guidelines about who can participate, including age, type of disease, medical history, and current medical condition. Before you join a clinical trial, you must qualify for the study. The factors that allow you to participate in a clinical trial are called inclusion criteria and the factors that keep you from participating are called exclusion criteria. The main purposes of these criteria are to identify appropriate participants and to keep the trials as safe as possible. The criteria also help ensure that the researchers will be able to answer the questions they plan to study. It is important to understand that the inclusion and exclusion criteria are not used to reject people personally, only to uphold the safety and integrity of the research study.
Each clinical trial has its own particular requirements as well as its own exclusion criteria. In general, if you are 18 years of age or older, are able to read and understand the clinical trial study consent form and are able to travel to our offices for the clinical trial study visits, you may be eligible to participate. Please contact Northern California Research Corp for clinical trial study information and your qualifications for specific studies of interest to you.
