The National Cancer Institute (NCI) conducts more than 150 clinical trials at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. These trials may be viable treatment options for cancer patients. To help keep you updated regarding available clinical trials, the National Cancer Institute Clinical Trials at NIH has developed a variety of materials and resources, which can be downloaded and printed for your convenience.
Clinical Trials Patient Handbook (PDF)
Provides an overview of cancer clinical trials and answers the following questions:- What is a clinical trial/study?
- How to find a clinical trial/study?
- How to join a clinical trial/study?
- Where to find additional information?
View Clinical Trials Patient Handbook as a Web Page
Order print copies of the NCI Clinical Trials at NIH Handbook
A Guide to Cancer Clinical Studies (PDF)
Provides an overview of cancer clinical trials that has been customized to meet the needs and concerns of the African-American community. This guide answers the following questions:- What are clinical trials/studies and why are they important?
- Why should someone participate?
- Are clinical trials/studies safe?
- What are the costs?
Order print copies of A Guide to Cancer Clinical Studies
First Annual Center for Cancer Research (CCR) Accomplishments and Future Vision Brochure (PDF)
Highlights the distinctive features of the CCR, the basic and clinical
research arm of the NCI's intramural program. This booklet articulates
CCR's commitment to better patient care and its ability to leverage a multidisciplinary environment to solve complex scientific problems to advance cancer and AIDS research.- Search for Clinical Trials at NIH
Search for clinical trial summaries, which include trial-specific details such as the protocol title, eligibility criteria, treatment plan, and study contact names and numbers.
Some of the resources above are provided in the Portable Document Format (PDF), and require the use of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader: Regular version | HTML conversion tool
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