Related Pages Questions to Ask About a Clinical Trials Web Site (Posted: 08/27/2003) - Many Web sites exist to help you locate clinical trials. This document suggests questions that you should ask of such sites so that you understand the possible biases and limitations that influence the information and services provided.

Other Places to Look

Patient Care Costs

Protecting People in Clinical Trials

Ways to Find Clinical Trials

NCI Clinical Trials (PDQ®) Search Form (Basic)
NCI's PDQ® database of cancer clinical trials - the basic form.

NCI Clinical Trials (PDQ®) Search Form (Advanced)
NCI's PDQ® database of cancer clinical trials - the advanced form.

Cancer Information Service
A national information and education network that operates a toll-free telephone service (1-800-4-CANCER) to provide to callers the most recent scientific information in understandable language in both English and Spanish. The CIS shares resources on cancer programs and services in communities across the country.

NCI's Clinical Studies Support Center
The Clinical Studies Support Center (CSSC), as part of NCI, provides information to patients and their families about clinical trials. (See a list of NCI clinical trials on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md.)

Featured Clinical Trials Supported by the National Cancer Institute
(Updated: 10/12/2004) - A weekly update of noteworthy NCI cancer trials you can join.
Other Places to Look

ClinicalTrials.gov
A service of the National Institutes of Health developed by the National Library of Medicine.

Searching for Clinical Trials Through NCI Cancer Centers' Web Sites
(Updated: 12/10/2002) - The many Web sites maintained by NCI-designated Cancer Centers are excellent supplementary resources for locating clinical trials.

Help Using the Basic Clinical Trial Search Form
Information about using the Physician Data Query (PDQ®) clinical trials database, including an explanation of its contents and search techniques.

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States That Require Health Plans to Cover Patient Care Costs in Clinical Trials
(Posted: 12/19/2002, Updated: 06/14/2004) - A searchable list and map of U.S. states that require health plans to pay for the patient care costs associated with clinical trials. Key provisions are summarized.

Clinical Trials and Insurance Coverage - A Resource Guide
(Updated: 01/30/2002) - A guide to information about insurance coverage of the patient care costs associated with clinical trials.

Medicare Coverage of Clinical Trials
(Posted: 08/22/2001) - A collection of material about Medicare's policy of covering routine patient care costs associated with clinical trials.

Private Insurers' Coverage of Clinical Trials
(Posted: 08/22/2001) - A collection of material about private insurers that have agreed to provide beneficiaries with access to NCI-sponsored cancer clinical trials.

Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense Beneficiaries
(Updated: 07/21/2003) - A collection of material about an agreement allowing U.S. veterans and Department of Defense TRICARE beneficiaries to participate in NCI-sponsored cancer clinical trials as part of their health benefits.

Cost of Clinical Trials
(Updated: 06/23/2003) - A collection of material about studies showing that patient care costs for clinical trials are not appreciably higher than costs for patients not enrolled in trials.

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Protecting Participants in Clinical Trials
(Updated: 08/30/2001) - A collection of material about the ways in which clinical trials participants are protected before and during the conduct of a study.

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