Clinical Trials as an Option
Patients are afraid of seeking care options due to cost, lack of education resources, health literacy, access to care, and many other reasons. Clinical trials are an alternative to achieve better health.
Why Should You Join a Clinical Trial?
Access potential new medicines, devices, and vaccines
Remove barriers to your healthcare by signing up for the opportunity to access the latest drugs and treatments. Advances In Health staff are always available for questions.Â
Compensation for your participation, enrollment, and time
You will receive highly attentive study-related medical care at no cost regardless of if you are insured or not. Compensation depends on the clinical study. Some studies will reimburse your travel expenses, time, and other expenses you may incur from participation.Â
Advance your health and the health of others by participating
Your health can potentially improve, and you will learn more from specialists in your study. With Advances In Health, you will experience a shorter waiting time and more time with doctors and medical staff.Â
Help progress against disease in prevention and treatment
By participating, you push medical improvements that might benefit the lives of others by helping with treatment or prevention.Â
Our Current Trials
We are always looking for research participants to volunteer for our studies. If you do not see a study on our website that interests you, you may join our database to receive notifications for future studies! Â We offer studies ranging from trials for healthy volunteers to chronic diseases.
Meningococcal Vaccine
This study is being done to test a new investigational vaccine for meningococcal disease.
Interstitial Cystitis
Do you have unpleasant bladder sensation, pain, or discomfort? You may be eligible for the Interstitial Cystitis study. You may be compensated for your participation.
Hypothyroidism
This study is evaluating the change in medication from Levothyroxine, LT4, to North Star DTE, T4 with addition of T3, in participants who are diagnosed with primary hypothyroidism, currently taking Levothyroxine.
Endometriosis
We are currently conducting a clinical trial of a non-hormonal, investigation medication which may relieve pain. You may qualify if you are premenopausal women between ages 18-49.
Contact us to participate:
Locations
AIH Research at Silverlake
9430 Broadway St, Suite 120, Pearland, TX 77584
AIH Research at Scarsdale
10851 Scarsdale Blvd, Suite 110, Houston, TX 77089
AIH Research at Houston Happens
Dr. Poindexter talks about the clinical research trials happening at Advances in Health(AIH). Patients can get the opportunity to access the latest drugs and treatments by visiting aihresearch.com.
FAQ
Most frequent questions and answers
While everyone is encouraged to participate because it leads to higher quality data, eligibility requirements for each study are set based on age, gender, type/stage of disease, treatments (current or previous), and other conditions. If you are not selected for one trial, you may qualify for another study. You can sign-up here, and Advances In Health will reach out to you for a possible study opportunity.
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Time commitment depends on the trial; while some might take months, others may require short visits with your clinical study team for a few weeks.
Advances In Health Research follows the guidelines and regulatory requirements to help protect all clinical trial participants’ rights, safety, and well-being. While all trials have possible known and unknown risks, all are explained before you decide to participate formally.
Advances In Health Research covers all the study costs for medicines, procedures, clinical team labor, etc. Therefore, there is no cost to the participants.
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