This new clinical study may be an option for you.
Scroll down to learn moreDoes any of the following describe you?
If you are experiencing any of the above symptoms, you may be suffering from anxiety and could benefit from a medication research study.
See If You QualifyWhy participate in clinical research? Here are just some of the benefits:
Access to potentially more effective treatments before they become widely available
Study-related medications, tests, and procedures free of charge
A lot of personal attention from doctors, research coordinators, and other members of the BCT team
Compensation for participation, free transportation, meals, and childcare at the time of your visits may be available
Participating in clinical trials at BCT is an important decision. We depend on people like you to make new medications available. Please read what other people think about their experience with BCT.
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Everyone feels anxious now and then. It’s a normal emotion that typically passes. However, for people with anxiety disorders, such as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, anxiety does not just go away.
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (or GAD) is characterized by excessive, exaggerated anxiety and worry about ordinary, everyday life events with no obvious reason for worry. People with symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder tend to always expect disaster and can’t stop worrying. You feel excessive, unrealistic worry and tension with little or no reason. In order to be diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, you will likely have been suffering from these symptoms most days for an extended period of time, such as around 6 months.
Anxiety disorders can interfere with daily activities such as job performance, school work, and relationships and the distress they cause can keep you from carrying on with your life normally. Anxiety will also disrupt healthy functions like sleeping and eating. They might even develop other mental health problems, like agoraphobia, or display traits of OCB.
For people who have an anxiety disorder, worry and fear are constant and overwhelming, and can be debilitating. Often these people feel hopeless and unsure of how to change the way they feel. Sometimes, anxiety disorders can even cause anxiety or panic attacks. Some characteristics of an anxiety attack are an inability to breathe or a sense of choking, an overwhelming amount of fear, and physical responses such as sweating and shaking.
When you join an anxiety research study, you’re helping advance medical knowledge of treatment for anxiety. Through a clinical trial, you’re given an opportunity to meet with physicians in your area, and receive study-related treatment at no cost to you.
A clinical trial is medical research to study the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug or device. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) uses information gathered in clinical trials to evaluate medications before approving them for use in the United States.
Our professional staff consists of physicians, registered nurses, and clinical research professionals.
Before you are evaluated as a research participant, we will provide you with an approved Informed Consent Form (ICF) which you must read, understand, and sign before enrolling. The ICF outlines all procedures you will need to go through and all known risks and side effects of the investigational medication. Please read it carefully and ask all questions you might have.
Additionally, both FDA (www.fda.gov) and National Institute of Health (www.ClinicalTrials.gov ) maintain databases of clinical trials conducted in the US. All trials conducted by BCT are registered with FDA. If you need help finding information about a trial that you’d like to learn about, please do not hesitate to ask our staff.
In most studies, participants receive monetary compensation for participation in the study. The amount of compensation is set by the study Sponsor (the company conducting the research on the investigational drug or device) and is approved by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). The exact amount you will receive per visit will be shown in the Informed Consent Form. Additionally, in some studies you may be offered transportation to and from appointments, meals, and childcare at the time of your visits.
Before conducting a clinical trial, pharmaceutical companies must obtain approval from the FDA to ensure that the investigational medication is appropriate to give to people.
Additionally, all study procedures are reviewed by an independent Investigational Review Board (IRB) before they are allowed to be administered. All this is done to ensure that the study is ethical and that the risks are as low as possible. However, since the study participants are among the first to try the investigational medication, the risk of unanticipated side effects does exist. This is why the health of the people participating in the trials is continuously monitored and any serious side effects experienced by any of the people in the trial are promptly investigated. If necessary, corrective actions, including termination of the trial, are taken.
Different studies have different enrollment requirements. Some studies are open only to healthy adults, other look for people with specific medical conditions, for instance, anxiety, depression, migraines, sexual dysfunction, etc. To determine whether you can enroll, we will ask several questions about your current health, your medical condition, and the medications you are taking. If you meet the study requirements, an appointment will be schedule for you to be evaluated in person.
Below is the typical process for a clinical trial:
Of course. Your participation in a research study is entirely voluntary, and you may withdraw from participation at anytime and for any reason. During your screening visit and throughout the study, we will fully explain the risks and benefits of your study. If you change your mind, you may withdraw.
You can register to be part of our volunteer database here and we will get in touch with you if you may qualify for a study.
Never. Any information you provide as a research participant is strictly confidential. It will not be sold and will be used only for the purposes of contacting you for relevant research studies.
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