@covidstinks2023, your medical information is protected by HIPAA and cannot be shared by your doctors and medical facilities.

There are many companies out there searching for participants to take part in research, some of them are for market research and can sound like clinical research. There is nothing wrong with market research, but people should be aware of who they are giving their information to. Is this to advance the market place or advanced medical study.

Clinical research studies have to be reviewed by a medical center's an Institutional Review Board (IRB). IRB is group that has been formally designated to review and monitor biomedical research involving human subjects. This group review serves an important role in the protection of the rights and welfare of the research participants. Included in that oversight are clear consent agreements. Read more https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/center-drug-evaluation-and-research-cder/institutional-review-boards-irbs-and-protection-human-subjects-clinical-trials

@covidstinks2023, are the phone calls you're getting random cold calls made to your number? Do they say how they got your number or where they are calling from?