← Return to Clinical Trials: they are not designed only to be a “last resort”

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@gamaryanne

New business opportunity?
At this point I can assure you less than 1% of practicing oncologists have the bandwidth to be on top of all clinical trials. But it would be great if they would train their NPs on how and where to look for them and help to make referrals. Most of us get in them all on our own.

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When I was about halfway through my 12 cycles of the Folfirinox chemo, I asked my oncologist if he knew of any clinical trials for PACC. He told me that his dept. was always looking for clinical trials. After my chemo sessions were finished, at an appt. with him, I had already applied and been accepted into the NIH trial and had given the NIH his contact info in order for them to send him any med. records they generated. I'd had my first visit to the NIH by that time. He asked me at that appt."How did you find this clinical trial?" I told him I searched on the internet. I believe there could be some improvement with whatever method is being used to locate trials and it's likely insufficient with most oncologists' staff. You have to be proactive with these things, in my opinion.