Procedure

How can I participate in a clinical trial?

When you register for participation on our website, you can apply for all studies, that may be interesting to you and that may suit you well. If you register for a study, or if an investigator would ask you to participate, the investigator will invite you for an introductory interview. During this interview the investigator will extensively inform you of the study and will be able to give the answers to your questions. Together you will decide whether the study is appropriate for you. If the study seems to be a good fit and you are still interested in doing the study the next step would be, that you will have to give your permission in writing. Subsequently the study can be started. The follow up of the study after starting the study, depends on what is outlined in the study protocol.

What am I expected to do during the study?

During your participation in the study, you are expected to take in consideration and execute, what is outlined in the study protocol and what the physician/investigator would like you to do. The study protocol outlines how often you should visit the medical center for examination, how often you should take your medication and what check ups have to be done in the medical center. This all, is in the benefit of your own health. The medicine or product that is being tested has to be used, according to the prescription given by the physician/investigator.

Do I receive an allowance?

Being a healthy volunteer? There is a possibility that you receive an allowance for your participation. The level of the allowance depends on the type of study in which you are participating and on the discomfort you would encounter. For instance, the allowance would be higher if you would have to stay a couple of nights in a medical center or in case you would be subject to giving blood samples frequently. Being a patient? If you are a not a healthy volunteer (patient) and participating in a study, you are legally not allowed to receive an allowance for your participation. You do not need to feel sick. The description also includes for instance, volunteers with high risk factors, such as heart/vascular disorder or a too high level of cholesterol. There is a possibility that you receive an allowance for expenses made.

Who determines the allowance?

Link2Trials does not have an influence on (expense) allowances, which you could possibly receive. The allowance is determined by the investigator, who runs the study. This can be a pharmaceutical company, a university or another type of investigating center.

Informed Consent Procedure

What is important is, that you are fully informed, in written and verbally, in a way that you can clearly understand, what the study is all about and what is expected from you during the study. You will have to confirm in writing that you fully understand the study and that everything is clear to you. You can withdraw at any moment from a study you registered for, a study in which you are already participating. strike off your registration at Link2Trials, without any consequences.

Your written permission is on a completely voluntary basis. You can at any time withdraw, without giving reasons, from a study, without this having consequences for your further treatment. 

Each study deals with in- and exclusion criteria. These criteria determine whether you may or may not participate in a study. If the in- and exclusion criteria match your profile, you would possibly be a candidate to participate in a study. Link2Trials is not a party in arrangements being made, between a volunteer and an investigator and or the investigating sponsor. Link2Trials proposes you to participate in a study and informs the investigator/sponsor where possible candidates can be found. The investigator/sponsor will have to pay a fee to Link2Trials for expenses made by Link2Trials. The investigator/sponsor will seek for contact with you and will arrange everything for you and will decide whether you may participate in a study. Link2Trials will not interfere in this process.