About Clinical Trials (ACT) is a unique, on-line resource that features unscripted interviews with clinical trial participants, physicians, patient rights advocates, and others. The stories and information presented should be shared with your patients in order to have educated discussions on the importance of clinical trials. The videos include: Why Should I Consider a Cancer Clinical Trial?,  How Will I Know if a Clinical Trial is Right for Me?, How Should I Prepare for Discussions with My Doctor?,  What Standards are in Place to Safeguard Trial Participants?, What is Informed Consent?, and Where Can I Turn for Information and Support?   

 

Presenters in this series include: Otis Brawley, MD, FACP (Oncologist), Arthur Caplan, PhD (Medical Ethicist), Constance Dennis-Bragg and Shelley Snider (Study Participant and Caregiver), Rose and Robert Gerber (Study Participant and Caregiver), Sandra Horning, MD (Oncologist), Susan Love, MD (Surgeon and Research Advocate), Dan McKellar, MD, FACS (Surgeon and American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer Chair ), Joanna Morales, Esq (Cancer Rights Attorney ), Sandra M. Swain, MD, FACP (Breast Oncologist and Cancer Institute Medical Director), and Jack and Jan Whelan (Study Participant and Caregiver).