Clinical Trials – Improving Outcomes
As an academic medical center, UT Southwestern offers clinical trials that give eligible patients access to the newest therapies for multiple conditions.
Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Clinical Trials
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The special mission of UTSW Simmons Cancer Center is to bring new knowledge, expertise, and technology to the fight against cancer through our clinical trials and scientific research programs.
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What Is a Clinical Trial?
A clinical trial is a study that doctors and researchers use to find new and better ways of treating, preventing, and managing health conditions. Patients – and their loved ones – can volunteer to be part of clinical trials and become actively involved in the movement to develop new and better treatments.
You might want to join a clinical trial to get access to treatment options that aren’t available elsewhere. You may also want to join a trial if your treatment has been effective and you’d like to help doctors and researchers learn more about other options. We have healthy volunteers who participate just to help others benefit from the knowledge gained from the studies.
Being part of a clinical trial is a safe experience. Clinical trials take years – and encompass multiple phases – before treatment is ever tested on patients. If there’s a clinical trial that interests you, the first step is to talk to your doctor, who will help determine if you’re eligible.
Learn more about breast cancer clinical trials, eligibility, and requirements.
For additional cancer clinical trial opportunities, call our Cancer Answer Line at 833-722-6237 or email canceranswerline@utsouthwestern.edu.
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Learn more about Simmons Cancer Center, including how many patients we see, where we offer cancer care services, more about clinical trials, and how we’re expanding in 2022.
UT Southwestern’s patient care app – UTSWMyCare – helps you easily manage your health and stay connected to UTSW and your provider, all in a secure and safe environment.
Your support enables us to advance promising new research and treatment programs that will improve the quality of life for all and impact the state of cancer knowledge and care.
