Test Your Clinical Trials Knowledge!

To the best of your ability, please respond whether you think each of the following statements is True or False.

True False	Prevention, treatment, screening and quality of life are all types of clinical trials.
True False	A detailed action plan for a clinical trial is referred to as a protocol.
True False	You can ask the researcher any questions related to the study.
True False	Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) are made up of only the researchers conducting the study.
True False	In most clinical trials, patients receive free care related to the research study.
True False	There are no safeguards in place to prevent abuses, such as what happened during the syphilis trial at Tuskegee, from happening again.
True False	Once you volunteer to participate in a clinical trial you cannot leave the trial until it is completed.
True False	A placebo is something that looks like a drug/treatment, but does not actually contain any medicine or offer possible treatment.
True False	There may be some risks involved in participating in a clinical trial.
True False	You can refuse to join a clinical trial.
True False	Most research studies are paid for by sponsors.
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