Clinical Research Blog

A clinical study follows a strict set of directions, called a protocol. The protocol includes a list of inclusion criteria volunteers must meet in order to qualify for the study; there is also a corresponding list of exclusion criteria that can exclude a volunteer from the study. The inclusion/exclusion criteria serve to find volunteers appropriate […]

The Expedition 3 Alzheimer’s disease study, evaluating a potential new treatment for patients with mild Alzheimer’s, is underway! I first wrote about this exciting clinical trial in early November 2013. As clinical trials go, this study was fairly complex to set up, but  the team was assembled by late December and now all systems are […]

The average person knows more about clinical trials today than was common at the beginning of my research career in the mid-1980s. I find that patient volunteers today are asking great questions when they come in for initial study appointments, perhaps as the result of the internet age. Twenty or thirty years ago I usually […]

The choice to participate in a Clinical Research study is a personal decision and should be made after careful consideration of the potential risks and benefits of the study.  Initial discussions with volunteers are interactive, and in this blog, I’m sharing questions commonly asked by study volunteers: Will it cost me anything to participate/will the […]

Pat Eshleman, the manager of The Corvallis Clinic Clinical Research Center, is a natural born caregiver. She has been taking care of people for most of her life.Her professional caring career beganwith her first nursing positions at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center. In addition, Pat was the owner and Director of Nursing for a company […]