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Posted 04 February 2008 - 08:56 AM

Experimental Treatments for Spinal Cord Injuries: What you should know if you are considering participation in a clinical trial.

This easy-to-read booklet, produced by the ICCP, provides you first with an overview of the ASIA scale and spontaneous recovery, and then looks at the risks of unapproved treatments. You will discover how clinical trials work, from Phase 1 to Phase 4, as well as the basics of trial design and pre-clinical studies. You will read about the ethics of clinical trials, bias, controls, and the importance of informed consent are then discussed, followed by a review of some scales that are used to measure functional benefits. You will learn about some concerns that might arise regarding the possibility of taking part in a future trial after already participating in a trial. You will then be introduced to some experimental approaches to SCI currently being studied. Finally, the document provides you with a list of questions that you can pose to a researcher inviting you to participate in a human study. This checklist might assist you in your decision whether or not to participate in the trial.

Click below to download this 40-page guide for people with spinal cord injury, their families, friends and caregivers. (2.4MB)

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