A discussion of the ins and outs of clinical trials is here. You can research clinical trials using the sites listed below:
- centerwatch.com - Weird fact. Melanoma (Skin Cancer) and kidney cancer are closely related. This site is run by the American Melanoma Foundation but lists Kidney Cancer trials by state and worldwide.
- WHO - The World Health Organization's Clinical Trial listing site.
- smartpatients.com/trials - If you belong to smartpatients (I do; it's free and moderated), you can use their search tool.
- The 20150815 Northern California KCA Patient and Survivor Conference at Stanford recommended these sites:
- cancertrialshelp.org and nih.gov - Provides general info
- clinicaltrials.gov - difficult to use, but "the" goto site for many US trials. Here is a link to kidney cancer trials.
- Stanford University's Site - describes trials they run. Note that many academic institutions (Hospitals with "University" in their names) actually enroll and administer patients in the trials decribed in clinicaltrials.gov. So if there is a university with an associated medical school near you, it makes sense to call them up, mention your situation and ask to speak to a doctor or nurse that can help you.
- National Cancer Institute - These guys believe that genomic analysis helps guide better treatment. This trial follows that process.
- www.kidneycancer.org uses EmergingMed for their service.
- clinicaltrials.org - Houston's MD Anderson has several rare kidney cancer specialists. This site redirects to them.
- cancer.org - American Cancer Society's Clinical Trial Matching Service. If you hate web forms, and want to talk to someone, they have a number.
- asco.org - A real pain to use, but essential. This is where Doctors announce the results: final and interim, on clinical trial research. Here's a list of results reported for 2015.
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