Clinical Research
What is clinical research?
What does a research study involve?
What is involved in a research study can vary depending on what the researchers are investigating.
It may be as simple as allowing researchers to look at your child's medical records or use leftover tissue or blood that is collected from your child as part of their routine medical care.
Involvement in other studies may include:
- Interviews, questionnaires and surveys
- Blood or urine tests
- Imaging studies such as x-rays or MRI scans
- Interventional trials called clinical trials; these types of studies are explained in more detail below