{"id":933,"date":"2017-02-16T14:28:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T19:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/dev-aging\/?page_id=933"},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:28:15","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T03:28:15","slug":"clinical-trials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/clinical-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Trials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1>\n\t\tClinical Trials\n\t<\/h1>\n\t<p>Many of today&#8217;s medical treatments are possible because of clinical trials that look at new ways to prevent, detect, and treat disease.<\/p>\n<p>Each clinical trial relies on volunteers of that represent a range of ages, backgrounds, and levels of health. And it&#8217;s these people who make scientific breakthroughs possible. Thousands of volunteers are needed for trials and studies happening now and in the future.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/starr.uchc.edu\/Study\/ConditionDetails.aspx?Condition=14\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFind a Clinical Trial at the Center on Aging\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/dev-aging\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2017\/02\/Interview_DrFortinsky_MaryLou_Wall_JGelineau_1745Final-2.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Fortinsky with patient\" title=\"Interview_DrFortinsky_MaryLou_Wall_JGelineau_1745Final-2\" \/>\n\t<p>Interested in participating in a clinical trial, but want to know more about the benefits and risks, as well as the safeguards? The National Institute on Aging has<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/health\/publication\/clinical-trials-and-older-people\"> answers to many of your questions<\/a>. The National Institutes of Health also provide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/health-information\/nih-clinical-research-trials-you\">a helpful guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clinical Trials Many of today&#8217;s medical treatments are possible because of clinical trials that look at new ways to prevent, detect, and treat disease. Each clinical trial relies on volunteers of that represent a range of ages, backgrounds, and levels of health. And it&#8217;s these people who make scientific breakthroughs possible. Thousands of volunteers are&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 05:33:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=933"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3140,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/933\/revisions\/3140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/aging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}