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Clinical trials, part of clinical research, look at new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease. They lead to medical breakthroughs that help improve people’s health and quality of life. But many people don’t participate in clinical trials for various reasons—fear, lack of trust, or lack of awareness, to name just a few. Click the resources below to learn more about clinical trials and how to educate members of your community about them. Here are a few helpful links about clinical trials.
- Clinical Trials and You provides an overview of clinical trials, including registry lists, personal stories, and information on how to help raise public awareness of clinical trials.
- Educational resources such as tip sheets, infographics and videos target the general public and special populations such as children, seniors, and Spanish speakers.
- ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry and results database about publicly and privately supported clinical research being conducted around the world. To find NIAMS-sponsored clinical trials, use the search term: NIAMS.
- Patient videos about participating in clinical trials
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NIH patient, Liliana Chavez, shares her experience living with lupus and how participating in NIH clinical research has helped her.
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NIH patient, LaZann Allen, shares her experience with giant cell arteritis and treatment at NIH.
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Shirley Aviles talks about her lupus diagnosis and treatment at NIH.
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NIH patient, Kayla Martinez, shares her experience with neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID) and treatment at NIH.
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NIH patient, Nicole Jackson-Taylor, talks about her diagnosis of lupus and subsequent treatment at NIH.
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These are just a few suggestions to get you started. We may have other fact sheets and publications to meet the needs of the people you serve. Many of these resources are also available in Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. For a complete list of NIAMS publications, please visit the NIAMS Publication Ordering System.
You can also contact our information specialists by email at NIAMSinfo@mail.nih.gov or toll free at
877–226–4267 (TTY: 301–565–2966) for assistance in tailoring the publications for your community.
