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Under-researched topics/priorities for other research

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• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Mental health trials >> Anton - Interview 28 >> Anton says nothing has helped his depression, and he is desperate to try anything. He hopes by taking part in trials he will one day find an effective

Anton has a long history of depression and has volunteered for several different trials in mental health, including trials of talking therapies as well as drug trials.

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Long term conditions >> Angela - Interview 23 >> Angela feels acupuncture has worked for her, but we need proper research into complementary therapies. At present we don’t have enough evidence whethe

Angela was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease after taking part in a trial on nerve conduction. She has since been in a randomised trial of different drugs for Parkinson’s and would happily take part in another trial, despite having had side effects.(Angela is also on our Parkinson’s disease site, Interview 10).

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Not taking part in a trial >> Polly - Interview 09 >> Polly believes we need more evidence about the effect of alternative therapies. The NHS is under pressure to provide them because people like them, bu

Polly was invited to be in a trial comparing tamoxifen against a placebo for breast cancer in the 1990s. She decided not to take part, because she felt there was already good evidence to support the use of tamoxifen.

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Cancer drugs and radiotherapy - randomised trials >> Celia - Interview 12 >> Celia saw an advert to join the Consumer Liaison Group of the National Cancer Research Institute. She applied, and sits on the complementary therapies

Celia took part in a randomised controlled trial comparing different periods of radiotherapy for lymphoma. She was would have preferred the shorter course; she was allocated to the longer course but took part anyway.