Current trials
The following WellSpan departments and locations are currently doing clinical trials:

emergency medicine (York)
heart and vascular (York and Chambersburg)
oncology (York, Chambersburg, Gettysburg, Ephrata and Lebanon)
orthopedics (York)
neurosciences (York)
pediatric neurology (York)
pulmonary (York)

You can view all our open trials at clinicaltrials.gov and narrow by disease, location offered and other filters to find opportunities to volunteer for research.
Benefits and risks
As a research volunteer, you’ll help others who may benefit from the results of the study in which you participate.
However, you may not benefit directly from your participation. Depending how the study is designed, the treatment may not be effective for you.
Risks may be associated with serving as a research volunteer. In some cases, there may be unpleasant, serious or even life-threatening side effects.
It also may take more of your time and be more demanding than if you sought standard of care treatment.
You’re protected
There are many ways that your safety, rights and welfare are protected if you decide to volunteer for research.

Federal laws and rules require research with human volunteers to be conducted ethically and according to sound scientific principles.
Our own Institutional Review Board (IRB) and Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) help to ensure these laws and rules are followed.
The IRB and HRPP have policies and procedures to help the clinical researcher comply with these regulations.
We have many certified clinical research nurses and support staff to assist the researchers to comply with the federal regulations, state and local laws and WellSpan policies for research.

You’re informed
Before you volunteer for any research, you should have a clear understanding of what you’ll be asked to do. Ask your family members and primary care doctor what they think about you volunteering to participate in research. 
In most cases, you’ll participate in an informed consent process. During this process, you’ll go over:

all of the information about the research
what you’ll be asked to do
what information or samples will be taken
which tests will be done
many other details related to the trial and your participation

This is a good time to have all of your questions answered.
If you think of a question at a later time, contact the person listed as the contact on the informed consent document for your research study.
If you ever have a question about your participation as a research volunteer, contact WellSpan IRB staff at 717-851-2223.



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