Clinical Trials – Braintree, MA
One of The Best Places to Participate in The Country
At Boston Neuropsychiatry Clinic, the needs of the patient come first. Part of this commitment involves conducting medical research with the goal of helping patients live longer, healthier lives.
Through clinical studies, which involve people who volunteer to participate in them, we can better understand how to diagnose, treat and prevent diseases or conditions.
Types of clinical studies
Observational – A type of study in which people are observed or certain outcomes are measured. No attempt is made by the researcher to affect the outcome — for example, no treatment is given by the researcher.
Clinical trial (interventional) – During clinical trials, researchers learn if a new therapy or treatment works and is safe. Treatments studied in clinical trials might be new drugs or new combinations of drugs, new surgical procedures or devices, or new ways to use existing treatments. Find out more about the five phases of non-cancer clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov or the National Cancer Institute phases of cancer trials.
Medical records research – Medical records research involves the use of information collected from medical records. By studying the medical records of large groups of people over long periods of time, researchers can see how diseases progress and which treatments and surgeries work best.
Clinical studies differ from medical care
When you visit your doctor, he or she diagnoses and treats your current illness or condition. During clinical studies, researchers are trying to gather new knowledge that will help them improve medical care for people in the future.
Volunteering
Volunteers are an integral part of the research process. People with a particular disease as well as healthy people both can play a role in contributing to medical advances. Without volunteers, clinical studies simply would not be possible.
Participating is a choice
Volunteering for a clinical study is a personal choice. You have no obligation to do so, and participation is not right for everyone. After enrolling in a study, you may leave at any time for any reason.
Reasons for Joining
Desire to improve medical care for future generations. Connection to a certain disease or illness, whether through personal experience or through friends or family. Personal interest in science are all valid reasons.