At the Blessing Clinical Research Department, we contribute to medical knowledge and assist in advancing science. The Blessing Clinical Research Department offers different types of clinical trials including medication, devices, psychotherapy, new approaches to radiation therapy, surgery or a combination of these mentioned, Diagnostic, Prevention, Quality of Living, Screening, and Genetic studies. View active clinical studies here.
Experience the Blessing Difference: Clinical Research
Patients choose the Blessing for Clinical Research Department for our:
- Quality: The Blessing Clinical Research team offers clinical trials that may improve your Quality of Life and increase patient satisfaction you will be treated like VIPs during your participation in the research study.
- Expert Knowledge: While participating in clinical trials, there is additional oversight and supervision to ensure that you are treated safely and are tolerating/responding well to the intervention. Expert panels are in involved in this oversight.
- Convenience: Most patients will already be coming to Blessing for care. Since you already have an existing patient-physician relationship established in an environment you are familiar with, it is easier to navigate than traveling a greater distrance to gain access to a clinical trial.
Clinical Trials at the Blessing Research Department
The clinical trial process is very stringent, step-wise process that collects information about new medications or devices before they are approved.
Clinical trials help us advance medicine by developing new medicines and medical devices. At the Blessing Clinical Research Department, we aim to improve how we prevent, diagnose, and treat conditions and diseases. Once an approach has shown promise in a laboratory, we need to test it with many volunteers. All clinical trials go through multiple types of review committees including those that focus on scientific review and ethical review.
Why Participate?
Participating in a clinical trial will give you access to the latest in interventions, techniques and medicines. You will receive personal attention from the top health care providers in our area. Also, by participating, you are helping to improve health care for everyone in your community. Additional information about participating in our clinical trials is available on our patient education section.
As a patient, choosing to participate in a clinical trial is a personal decision. You may want to speak with your doctor, family members or friends about your decision. There are advantages and risks associated with clinical trials. You can always change your mind and decide to leave the study at any time. Learn more about frequently asked questions of patients in clinical trials on our patient education section.
Contact Us
For more information about the Blessing Clinical Research Department team please email us at clinicalresearch@blessinghealth.org or call (217) 223-8400, ext. 7201.