Initial Contact

Once we receive your inquiry, our initial contact will consist of a phone screening to determine if you are eligible for a current trial. At this time, we will ask you some questions about your health.

If you meet the criteria of eligibility and are interested in more information, we will proceed by sending you an informed consent. {If you are not eligible, you have the option to join our database to receive future updates on our innovative treatment options.}

The informed consent you will receive (via mail or email) contains information such as: the purpose and duration of the study, description of study procedures, as well as potential benefits, risks, and alternatives to the trial.

Reviewing this information at home will provide you with time to think about the study and discuss any questions or concerns before your initial screening visit at our office.

Once you determine that participation in our study is the best option for you, our patient recruiter will gladly schedule your initial screening visit at out office.

Office screening visit

Once you arrive at our office for the screening visit, the first step is for each volunteer to undergo a carefully implemented informed consent process.

While each patient has the opportunity to review the informed consent at home, the process continues in our office.

As outlined in The Belmont Report (Federal regulation of participant protection), this process requires three key components: information, understanding, and voluntary agreement.

Each trial has a different consent form for participation. Every coordinator at our site learns the intricacies of each Protocol and fully understands the verbiage within the Informed Consent form. Thus, our study coordinators and Investigators are readily available to review the consent and discuss all questions and concerns.

If you are interested in learning more about volunteering for our clinical trials, please call our patient recruiter, MaryJane, or complete a brief online form.