How do I participate in a clinical trial?
John Hall
Updated on April 02, 2026
How to participate in a research study
- Use a clinical trial search tool to find a clinical trial in your area or online.
- Talk about the study with your doctor(s)
- Contact the researcher running the trial that sounds like the best match for you.
- Learn about signing an informed consent form.
Who can participate in clinical research study?
Each study has its own rules about who can — or cannot — participate. This is called “eligibility.” Your eligibility may be based on your age, gender, overall health, type and stage of a disease, treatment history, and other conditions. Not everyone is chosen to participate.
How do I find clinical trials for my research site?
To search for other diseases and conditions, you can visit ClinicalTrials.gov. This is a searchable registry and results database of federally and privately supported clinical trials conducted in the United States and around the world.
How do you describe clinical research?
Research in which people, or data or samples of tissue from people, are studied to understand health and disease. Clinical research helps find new and better ways to detect, diagnose, treat, and prevent disease.
Do all clinical trials pay?
Every trial is different, but the clinical trial’s sponsor usually pays for all research-related costs and any special testing. Typically, the patient or his or her insurance company is asked to pay for any routine tests, treatments, or procedures that would be required as part of standard cancer treatment.
What is an example of a clinical trial?
For example, a clinical trial could involve new drugs, medical devices, biologicals, vaccines, surgical and other medical treatments and procedures. Psycho-therapeutic and behavioural therapies help service changes, preventative care strategies and educational interventions are also examples of clinical trials.
Is clinical research a good career?
Clinical research is an attractive industry for researchers in India because it foresees enormous growth and job opportunities not only for trained medical, pharmaceutical, and paramedical professionals but also for project management staff, regulatory authorities, government, and the society at large.
How can I participate in research study for money?
Websites That Offer Paid Research Studies
- Survey Junkie. Survey Junkie is a survey site that’s been around since 2005.
- American Consumer Opinion.
- Respondent.
- FocusGroup.com.
- Plaza Research.
- Mindswarms.
- Fieldwork.
- User Interviews.
What are the five most common types of clinical trials?
Types of clinical trials
- Pilot studies and feasibility studies.
- Prevention trials.
- Screening trials.
- Treatment trials.
- Multi-arm multi-stage (MAMS) trials.
- Cohort studies.
- Case control studies.
- Cross sectional studies.
Who are the people in the clinical trials?
Many different types of people participate in clinical trials. Some are healthy, while others may have illnesses. A healthy volunteer is a person with no known significant health problems who participates in clinical research to test a new drug, device, or intervention.
What does it mean to participate in clinical research?
Clinical research is medical research that involves people like you. People volunteer to participate in carefully conducted investigations that ultimately uncover better ways to treat, prevent, diagnose, and understand human disease.
Who is a healthy volunteer in clinical research?
A healthy volunteer is a person with no known significant health problems who participates in clinical research to test a new drug, device, or intervention. Research procedures with healthy volunteers are designed to develop new knowledge, not to provide direct benefit to study participants.
How many people are involved in NIHR clinical research network?
The CRN supported more than 6,000 studies and recruited over 732,000 participants in 2019/2020. Find out more about our performance and key statistics relating to our activity. The NIHR Clinical Research Network is made up of 15 Local Clinical Research Networks across England.
