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What is a clinical trial?

A clinical trial, study or protocol is an organized method to study how a new medicine or treatment works in different people. Through clinical trials, researchers find better ways to prevent, treat and manage disease.

Clinical trials at Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute offer people the chance to get new therapies and resources for treatment that may lead to an improved quality of life for people with diabetes, hypertension and lipid conditions.

Why participate?

Participation in clinical trials at Scripps Whittier is voluntary. When you volunteer in a clinical trial:
  • You gain access to new research treatments before they are widely available
  • You take a more active role in your health care
  • You help others by contributing to medical research

Safety is our priority

As in everything we do, Scripps Whittier’s main priority in clinical trials is to provide
participants with the highest quality of health services in a safe and caring environment.

Before a clinical trail can start, it must be reviewed by an Ethics or Institutional Review Board (IRB):
  • The IRB includes physicians, nurses and scientists, as well as non-scientific members of the community.
  • The IRB approves and monitors all clinical trials to ensure the conduct of the study is in
    compliance with Federal rules and regulations and good clinical practice guidelines.

To learn more about diabetes clinical research, please contact us at 858-626-5678.

Read Programa de investigaciones clínicas (PDF, 434.9 KB).