The National Institute of Health Defines clinical research as:

Patient-oriented research. Research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator (or colleague) directly interacts with human subjects.

This area of research includes:

• Mechanisms of human disease
• Therapeutic interventions
• Clinical trials
• Development of new technologies
• Epidemiologic and behavioral studies
• Outcomes research and health services research .

At TOA, we define research as studying of new medications or devices which are intended to improve the quality of or the availability of a treatment for a given disease or symptom.

Patients also benefit in indirect manner by having access to some therapeutic and diagnostic services, at no charge to them.

All patients who contemplate participating in clinical research will first be provided with a detailed and complete informed consent process, which will allow them to make an independent decision about whether or not they  choose to volunteer.  Finally, a person's decision to participate, or not, in clinical research will never, in any way, impact the quality or nature of the care they receive from TOA.

Want to Know More?:

If you would like to know more about trials currently ongoing at Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, P.A., please contact our clinical research department at 919-281-1968 or at tgulledge@triangleortho.com.