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• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Not taking part in a trial >> Marie - Interview 25 >> She feels you have to be desperate to go on a trial. She wants to live, so she can look after her sick daughter, but she was not desperate enough to t

Marie was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in 1992. She was recently invited to take part in a clinical trial of a new monoclonal antibody. At first she thought she would take part but after reading all the details decided against it.

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Organising trials >> Lester - Interview 06 >> When his son was dying, Lester wouldn’t have wanted anything to be intrusive. He knows trials are essential, but at the time it was about helping his

Lester’s son Ellis died in 2001 of variant CJD. Lester later became involved as a lay chair of a trial looking at the effectiveness of a drug called quinacrine for people with variant CJD.

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Organising trials >> Lester - Interview 06 >> Even with experience of helping run a trial, he is unsure if he would volunteer if he was terminally ill. Maybe people should carry something like a d

Lester’s son Ellis died in 2001 of variant CJD. Lester later became involved as a lay chair of a trial looking at the effectiveness of a drug called quinacrine for people with variant CJD.

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Organising trials >> Lester - Interview 06 >> Lester advises people to get lots of information. Now he knows more about trials he’d be more likely to take part if his doctor offered one, especiall

Lester’s son Ellis died in 2001 of variant CJD. Lester later became involved as a lay chair of a trial looking at the effectiveness of a drug called quinacrine for people with variant CJD.

• Medical research >> Clinical Trials >> Cancer drugs and radiotherapy - randomised trials >> Rose - Interview 17 >> Rose would not want to test very experimental treatments, unless she was terminally ill. Then she might do it to benefit future generations, such as h

Rose took part in a trial for people with inoperable lung cancer, comparing radiotherapy alone with radiotherapy plus chemotherapy. She had just radiotherapy. The trial was stopped early because so few people agreed to take part.