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Clinical Trials

An Introduction to Clinical Trials - http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct/info/resources
Choosing to participate in a clinical trial is an important personal decision. This site provides introductory information about clinical trials. In addition, it is often helpful to talk to a physician, family members, or friends about deciding to join a trial.

Center Watch - Clinical Trials Listing Service - http://www.centerwatch.com/
Features general information of industry and government sponsored clinical studies, as well as new drug therapies in research and those recently approved by the FDA.

ClinicalTrials.gov - http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/
An FDA-sponsored website that provides information about clinical research studies, particularly for serious or life threatening illnesses, to the general public.

GSK Clinical Trial Register - http://ctr.gsk.co.uk/welcome.asp
Provides an easily accessible repository of data from GSK-sponsored clinical trials, supplementing communications in journals, at scientific meetings, in letters to healthcare professionals and in approved prescribing information.

Patient Safety - http://www.gsk.com/responsibility/cr_issues/patient_safety.htm
Provides information about the role of the pharmaceutical industry in managing the safety of medicines.

Veritas Medicine Clinical Trial Portal - http://www.veritasmedicine.com/
A website where consumers can complete a clinical study-matching questionnaire for possible referrals to a research center. Consumers can also sign up for future clinical study notification and healthcare newsletters.

The PALS Community Web site contains links to third-party Web sites on the Internet. These links are provided as a service to individuals interested in more information. These sites are not part of the PALS Community Web site, a GlaxoSmithKline Web site. GlaxoSmithKline does not possess editorial control over the content of the information provided on these external sites and therefore does not warrant their accuracy and completeness.