Why Participate in Clinical Research?

People participate in clinical trials for a variety of reasons. Healthy volunteers say they participate to help others and to contribute to moving science forward. Participants with an illness or disease also participate to help others, and to possibly receive the newest treatment and to receive care and attention from the clinical trial staff.

Clinical trials offer hope for many people and an opportunity to help researchers find better treatments for others in the future.

Regardless of your reasons, you should understand the commitment involved in joining a NIDA study. Before you join any study at NIDA, we will review details of study participation with you and answer any questions you have. If you join a study, you will need to follow instructions and undergo study procedures to the best of your ability while you are in the study. Your participation in NIDA research is an important part of our combined mission to turn discovery into health.