Is a Paid Clinical Trial Right for You?

Choosing to participate in a Paid clinical trial is an important personal decision. The following frequently asked questions provide detailed information about clinical trials.

In addition, it is often helpful to talk to a physician, family members, or friends about deciding to join a trial. After identifying some trial options, the next step is to contact the study research staff and ask questions about specific trials. Continue

• Why Join a Trial?
• Who can Participate?
• Are They Dangerous?
• Types of Clinical Trials?
• Finding Clinical Trials
• Clinical Trial FAQ

Tips for Finding Clinical Trials

Finding clinical trials that perfectly match your criteria can be a daunting task, the trick is finding the most convenient clinical trials that pay the most amount of money.

 Most clinical trials offer some sort of compensation like, money, medication, temporary housing and so on. The amount that clinical trials pay participants is relative to the difficulty that they have finding the volunteers.

Some clinical trials are purely altruistic and offer very little compensation, if any at all. These clinical trials are usually seeking cures for specific diseases and offer alternative treatments for those permanently or terminally ill.

The clinical trials that pay participants do so according to the difficulty they have finding participants. The difficulty is measured by the size, location, condition and expense of the clinical trial. Each one of these variables have a direct impact on the compensation.

Finding the right clinical trial is much like finding the right second job. It may take some searching and waiting for the right opening to become available. It will require that you contact the clinical trial investigator by email and eventually by phone.

Start with the Basics

When searching for clinical trials, you should search the conditions and locations to find a clinical trial that interest you. Once you locate a clinical trial you will click on a Clinical Trial Information sheet like this example(Page will open a new window). Example Information Sheet

Once opened, the first thing you should do is check the primary variables to see if you qualify. You can do this by quickly scanning the headings of the information sheet on the left side of the sheet. These headings are labeled:

• Status of the Clinical Trial (This will appear at the top in red or green)
• Purpose
• Eligibility
• Contacts and Locations

Searching Tips

• Check the Conditions Category Too - If you only search the "Locations" directory you are missing out on a lot of clinical trials. Trials that are listed by "Condition" usually have multiple locations and can add new locations as the study moves forward.
  
  
• Post a Personal Trial Request - You can post your location and condition in our personal clinical trials directory for FREE. This helps the research recruiters find you when the right trial becomes available. Post a clinical trial request here.
  
  
• Call the Clinical Trial Recruiters - At the bottom of all the information sheets you will see a "Contact Information" heading. Many clinical trials can be conducted in remote locations and the recruiters can help you.
  
  
• Subscribe to our Auto Update Service - By subscribing to our Auto Update Service you will receive automated emails informing you when new trials have opened in your area.
  
  
• Check with Our Sponsors - Our sponsors are mostly recruitment companies that are recruiting participants for nationwide studies. Nationwide trials offer the easiest way for you to find clinical trials that appeal to numerous conditions in multiple locations. Visit our Sponsors