The Clinical Trials Office is located in the Medical Center in the Department Of Oncology. Clinical trials are research studies that try to answer scientific questions that offer better ways to prevent, diagnose, or treat cancer. A clinical trial is one of the final stages of a long and careful cancer research process. There are different types of clinical trials:

• Treatment trials test new treatments (like a new cancer drug, new approaches to surgery or radiation therapy, new combinations of treatments, or new methods such as gene therapy).
• Prevention trials test new approaches, such as medicines, vitamins, minerals, or other supplements that doctors believe may lower the risk of a certain type of cancer. These trials look for the best way to prevent cancer in people who have never had cancer or to prevent cancer from coming back or a new cancer occurring in people who have already had cancer.
• Screening trials test the best way to find cancer, especially in its early stages.
• Quality of Life trials (also called Supportive Care trials) explore ways to improve comfort and quality of life for cancer patients. 

For a complete listing of Clinical Trials available at St. Vincent's, please download the PDF file at the bottom of this page. If you have any questions about clinical trials contact Teresa White, RN, BSN, Clinical Research Nurse, at twhite@stvincents.org.

Click here for a list of active clinical trials