Clinical trials are medical research studies in which people participate as volunteers. These studies are designed to answer specific questions about new treatments and medications for diseases and conditions or to test new ways of using known treatments. Before proceeding, you may want to learn more about clinical trials.

The National Institutes of Health has developed ClinicalTrials.gov to provide current information about clinical research studies. You may also search for pain-related clinical trials using these shortcuts:

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