Clinical Education Handouts for Your Patients
Helping patients understand the process of clinical trials ensures that a wide variety of patients participate. Effective clinical trials ensure that medications and treatments are safe and help improve patient outcomes.

Clinical Trials: What You Need to Know
This resource helps improve patient understanding about clinical trials, and the importance of participating, including:
• What is a clinical trial?
• Why take part?
• How do I get involved?
• What happens during a clinical trial?
• Be an active participant and advocate for yourself
Supported by Novartis and Cytokinetics.
Disclaimer: Please be aware that these forms include a sample of current clinical guidelines. However, clinical guidelines (federal, state, local, or those issued by clinical organizations) change over time, so the reader should remember to investigate any recent legal or clinical developments.