Clinical Trials

View videos to learn more about participating in a cancer clinical trial.

A brief video explaining what clinical research is.

A video produced by the National Cancer Institute that explains how you will be kept safe when you participate in a clinical trial.

Explains possible costs involved in participating in clinical trials.

This video explains the concept of assigning patients to groups during a clinical trial.

Learn reasons why you might want to join a clinical trial.

Produced by the National Cancer Institute, this short video describes how to find a clinical trial.

Produced by the National Cancer Institute, this video describes the three main phases of clinical trials.

Dr. Arun Sanyal, Liver Disease Research discusses his research and a study with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will help with the evaluation of liver disease. He states that without research participants, the science would stop.

Dr. Gerard “Gerry” Moeller, Director of the Wright Center for Clinical and Translational Research and Division Chair for Addiction Psychiatry Research discusses information on his research about addiction.

Dr. Alpha “Berry” Fowler III, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Specialist states that,” VCU maximizes clinical research through many trials that are ongoing to help save lives.” He has led research that suggests that patients with sepsis and septic lung injury could have a better chance of survival and recover more quickly when treated with high dose of vitamin C intravenously.

Dr. Henry Rozycki: Neonatal Medicine Specialist speaks from personal experience about how clinical research improves methods of medical practices.

Dr. Jonathan Isaacs, Orthopedic Hand Surgeon is working with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on research on nerve recovery.