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JEOPARDY!
Clinical Trials Edition
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What is the purpose of clinical trials?
To ask specific scientific questions to find
better ways to prevent, detect, or treat diseases
or to improve care for people with diseases 
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• What is the number one reason cancer patients
  participate in clinical trials? (a, b, or c)
• The doctor recommended it
• They saw an ad in the newspaper
• They did research on their own/found it on the
  internet

a. The doctor recommended it 
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True or False? Only cancer patients can benefit
from cancer clinical trials.
False. There are also prevention trials and
screening trials.
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True or False? New approaches being tested in
clinical trials are probably more effective than
the current or standard treatment.
False. New methods may or may not be better than
current treatment. A Phase 3 study goal is to
determine whether there is a difference. 
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• True or False?
• The reason clinical trials are done is that no
  one yet knows if a new treatment
• Is safe
• Is effective
• Will turn out to be better than the approaches
  currently being used  

True. These are also the three phases of
clinical trials.
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True or False? Cancer clinical trials are only
for people who have no other options left.
False. There are trials for all kinds of cancers,
from the most advanced to the ones found very
early. There are also cancer prevention trials.
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Round 2
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True or False? In randomized clinical trials,
patients are assigned to treatment groups by an
objective group of scientists and physicians. 
False. Patients are usually assigned through a
computer. Neither the patients nor the doctors
can choose the group they want.
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True or False? Phase I trials compare a standard
treatment to a new treatment approach.

• False. Phase I clinical trials try to identify a
  safe dosage level, decide how a new agent should
  be given and observe how the agent affects the
  body

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True or False? People in treatment trials often
get a placebo or sugar pill. 
False. Placebos are rarely used in treatment
trials.
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True or False? In general, doctors always suggest
cancer trials as a treatment option for a patient
who is eligible.
False. Both health care providers and patients
lack knowledge about clinical trials.
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• What is the main purpose of a clinical trial
  protocol?
• (a, b, c, or d)
• To allow physicians to individualize each
  patients case
• To ensure high-quality patient care
• To describe how the study will be carried out
• None of the above

c. To describe how the study will be carried out
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Round 3
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• Of all cancer patients, how many adults get their
  treatment in a clinical trial?
• (a, b, or c)
• 5 or less
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a. 5
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Informed Consent
d. Process of informing patients before and
throughout the patients time on a study
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• Why dont more patients participate in clinical
  trials?
• (a, b, c, d, or e)
• Fear
• Dont know about them
• Fear that it wont be paid for by insurance
• Mistrust
• All of the above

e. All of the above
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• Why do researchers restrict who can participate
  on clinical trials?
• (a, b, c, or d)
• To protect patients safety
• To ensure study results are accurate and
  meaningful
• To limit trials to a certain number of
  participants
• Both a and b

d. To protect patients safety and to ensure
study results are accurate and meaningful
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Double Blinded Study
d. Neither the patient nor the doctor know which
group in the study the patient has been assigned
to
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True or False? Clinical trials only take place in
universities and hospitals in big cities.
False. They are conducted in doctors offices and
small community hospitals as well.
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Round 4
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Final Question

• Make Your Wager Now

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Where are places you can find information on
clinical trials and those going on in your
community?
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Sources for More Information on Cancer Clinical
Trials

• Cancer Information Service
• 1-800-4-CANCER
• www.cancer.gov
• American Cancer Society
• 1-800-ACS-2345
• www.cancer.org

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• And the winner is..