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Clinical trials are research studies involving human volunteers to evaluate medical products like medications, vaccines, or devices for safety and effectiveness. These studies may also show which medical products or therapies work best for people with certain illnesses or for certain groups of people. Ensuring people from diverse backgrounds join clinical trials is key to advancing health equity.

5 things you should know about clinical trials

**Clinical trials are research studies conducted with people**—they are designed to answer specific research questions about medical products or therapies.
	**Participation is always voluntary**—you can leave a study whenever you want.
	Clinical trials often need **healthy volunteers** to help answer research questions.
	**Your safety is a priority**. Researchers must follow detailed protocols and the FDA’s safety requirements to make each trial as safe as possible.
	The study will be explained to you in an **informed consent process** before you agree to join.The importance of diverse participation in clinical trials

Participants in clinical trials should represent the patients that will use the medical products. This is often not the case—people from racial and ethnic minority and other diverse groups are underrepresented in clinical research. This is a concern because people of different ages, races, and ethnicities may react differently to medical products. To achieve health equity so all can benefit from clinical trials, we are committed to taking steps to change this.

Joining a clinical trial might be a good choice for you if:

You and your health care provider believe a clinical trial may provide another option when standard treatments have failed.
	You want to help test new medical products or therapies in the diverse patients likely to use them.
	You want to help researchers find better ways to fight diseases.Learn more

If you think a clinical trial may be right for you, talk to your health care provider. You can also search for clinical trials in your area at **www.ClinicalTrials.gov**. To watch videos and view a list of questions to ask researchers, visit **www.hhs.gov/about-research-participation**.

To obtain concise information about who participated in clinical trials that supported the FDA approval of new drugs, visit **Drug Trials Snapshots** at **www.fda.gov/drugtrialssnapshot**.

For more information on health equity, visit **www.fda.gov/healthequity**.

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Fact Sheet: Clinical Trial Diversity
	Brochure: Research Needs You
	Infographics:
	4 Ways To Be A #ClincialTrialsChampion
		Questions To Ask Before Joining A Clinical TrialAdditional Languages

We hope that you find these translations useful. While the agency has attempted to obtain translations that are as faithful as possible to the English version, we recognize that the translated versions may not be as precise, clear, or complete as the English version. The official versions of these materials are the English versions.

(Arabic) عربي
	Fact Sheet: Clinical Trial Diversity
	Brochure: Research Needs You
	Infographic: 4 Ways To Be A #ClinicalTrialsChampionالوثائق الموجودة  أدناه متوفرة بعدة لغات أجنبية. وتقدم إدارة الغذاء والدواء تلك الترجمات كخدمة لجمهور دولي واسع. ونأمل أن تجدوا هذه الترجمات مفيدة. وفي الوقت الذي حاولت فيه الإدارة الحصول على ترجمات أقرب ما يمكن للنسخة الإنجليزية، فقد تبين لنا أن النسخ المترجمة ربما لا تكون بنفس الدقة أو الوضوح أو الكمال مثل النسخة الإنجليزية، ومن ثم فإن النسخة الرسمية من هذه الوثائق هي النسخة الإنجليزية.

ᎩᎵᏏ (Cherokee)
	ᎤᏙᎯᏳ ᎪᏪᎳᏅ: ᏅᎠᏯᏍᏗ ᏴᏫ ᎨᏥᎪᎵᏰᏍᎬᎢ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᎿᎢ (Fact Sheet: Clinical Trial Diversity)
	ᎪᏪᎵ ᏗᎬᏃᏣᏢᏍᎩ: ᏂᎯ ᎤᏂᎦᏙᎲᏒᎩ ᎨᏣᏚᎵᎢ (Brochure: Research Needs You)
	ᏓᏟᎶᏍᏗᏓᏅ ᎠᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᏗᎦᎳᏫᎩ: 4 ᏱᏗᎬᏁᏗᎢ ᎾᎢ ᎨᏒᎩ Ꮎ #ᏅᎠᏯᏍᏗ ᎠᏂᏴᏫ ᏕᎨᏥᎪᎵᏰᏍᎬᎢ ᎤᏓᎵᏅᎯᏛᎢ (Infographic: 4 Ways To Be A #ClinicalTrialsChampion)FDA ᏓᎵᏍᎪᎸᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏗᏁᏢᏔᏅᎯ ᎯᎢᎾᎢ ᎢᏯᏓᏛᏁᏗ ᎾᎢ ᎠᏯᏖᎾ ᎠᏰᎵ ᏍᏆᏂᏱ ᏚᎾᏙᏢᏒᎢ ᎤᎾᏛᏓᏍᏗ. ᎤᏚᎩ ᎣᎬᎭ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᏣᏩᏛᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎠᏁᏢᏔᏅᎯ ᏗᎨᎬᏙᏗ. ᎠᏏᏉ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎦᏘᏯ ᎦᎵ ᎤᏁᎵᏔᏅ ᏧᏁᏍᏗ ᎠᏁᏢᏔᏅᎯ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏬᎯᏳᏒ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏱᎬᏩᎵᏍᏙᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎩᎵᏏ ᏄᏓᎴᏒᎢ, ᎣᏦᎵᎩ ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᎠᏁᏢᏔᏅᎢ ᏄᏓᎴᏒᎢ ᏰᎵᏊ ᏞᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎧᎵ ᏗᏙᎵᎩ, ᎤᎵᎦᎵᏴᏓ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏍᏆᏛᏃᏅ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎩᎵᏏ ᏄᏓᎴᏒᎢ. ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏓᏂᎸᏨᎢ ᏄᏓᎴᏒᎢ ᎯᎠ ᎪᏪᎳᏅᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎩᎵᏏ ᏄᏓᎴᏒᎢ.

中文 (Simplified Chinese)
	情况说明书: 临床试验多样性 (Fact Sheet: Clinical Trial Diversity)
	手册: 研究需要您 (Brochure: Research Needs You)
	信息图表: 4 种方法成为 #临床试验倡导者 (Infographic: 4 Ways To Be A #ClinicalTrialsChampion)下列文件可用若干种文字阅读。美国食品药物监督管理局是为方便国际各界而提供这些译文的;希望它们对您有帮助。本局的心愿是力图让文件译文尽可能忠实于英文原文,但我们也知道译文会有不如原文精确、明晰的情况,甚至会有漏译的地方。因此,英文版是这些文件的正式文本。

英語 (Traditional Chinese)
	簡報: 臨床試驗多樣性 (Fact Sheet: Clinical Trial Diversity)
	手册: 研究需要您 (Brochure: Research Needs You)
	信息圖表: 4 種方法成為 #臨床試驗倡導者 (Infographic: 4 Ways To Be A #ClinicalTrialsChampion)以下文件有幾種外語版本。美國食品及藥物管理局將這些翻譯作為一種服務提供給廣大的國際讀者。我們希望您覺得這些翻譯有用。儘管該機構已試圖獲得盡可能忠實於英文版本的翻譯,但我們認識到翻譯版本可能不如英文版本準確,清晰或完整。這些文件的正式版本為英文版本。

Français (French)
	Fiche d’information: La Diversité Dans Les Essais Cliniques (Fact Sheet: Clinical Trial Diversity)
	Brochure: La Recherche A Besoin De Vous (Brochure: Research Needs You)
	Infographie: 4 Façons D'être Un #ChampionDesEssaisCliniques (Infographic: 4 Ways To Be A #ClinicalTrialsChampion)Les documents ci-dessous sont disponibles en plusieurs langues. Ces traductions sont fournies par la FDA pour rendre service à un vaste public international. Nous espérons qu’elles vous seront utiles; nous avons pris le plus grand soin pour qu’elles soient le plus exactes possible, mais il peut arriver que le texte traduit ne soit pas aussi précis, clair ou complet que l’original en anglais. Veuillez noter que le texte officiel de ces documents est le texte anglais.

हिन्दी (Hindi)
	Fact Sheet: Clinical Trial Diversity
	Brochure: Research Needs You
	Infographic: 4 Ways To Be A #ClinicalTrialsChampionनीचे दिये गये दस्तावेज कई विदेशी भाषा(भाषाओं) में उपलब्ध हैं। FDA व्यापक अंतर्राष्ट्रीय समुदाय के लिए ये अनुवाद एक सेवा के रूप में प्रदान करता है। हमें आशा है कि आप इन अनुवादों को उपयोगी पायेंगे। हालांकि एजेंसी ने ऐसे अनुवाद पाने का प्रयास किया है जो यथासम्भव अंग्रेज़ी संस्करण जितने ही प्रामाणिक हों, फिर भी हम स्वीकार करते हैं कि अनुवादित संस्करण उतने सटीक, स्पष्ट, या पूर्ण न हों जितना कि अंग्रेज़ी संस्करण हैं। इन दस्तावेजों के अधिकारिक संस्करण अंग्रेज़ी संस्करण हैं।

한국어 (Korean)
	팩트 시트: 임상시험의 다양성 (Fact Sheet: Clinical Trial Diversity)
	브로셔: 연구하는데 있어서 귀하가 필요합니다 (Brochure: Research Needs You)
	인포그래픽: 임상시험에 뛰어난 사람 (#ClinicalTrialsChampion) 이 되기 위한 4 가지 방법 (Infographic: 4 Ways To Be A #ClinicalTrialsChampion)아래 문서들은 몇 개 외국어로 입수할 수 있습니다. FDA는 널리 있는 국제 독자들을 위한 서비스로서 본 번역본들을 제공합니다. 저희는 여러분에게 본 번역본들이 유용하기를 바랍니다. 당청(廳)은 가능한 한 영어 원본에 충실한 번역본들을 입수하려고 했습니다만, 저희는 번역본들이 영어 원본만큼 정확하거나, 분명하거나 또는 완전하지 아니할 수도 있다는 점을 인지합니다. 본 문서들의 공식 원본은 영어 원본입니다.

Bilagáanaa Bizaad jí (Navajo)
	Naaltsoos Bee Ééhózinii: Azee’ Ál’į́įgi Bee Ał‘Ąą Át’éhíí (Fact Sheet: Clinical Trial Diversity)
	Naaltsoos: Nida’ałkaahíí Éí Danínízin (Brochure: Research Needs You)
	Eda’alyaaí: Dį́į́‘Go Ałkéego Haz’ą̨ Bee Anítahdo #ClinicalTrialsChampion (Infographic: 4 Ways To Be A #ClinicalTrialsChampion)Díí naaltsos wóyah gi sinilígíí di kwíí shį́į́h Bíla’ashdla’ii Ałtah Dóóne’é nilį́į go Bizaad ał ąą’á daa t’ée go bee’ áta’ ná háne’ go Ał tah Ádóóne’é  kéyah t’áá’ náá hwís t’áa ńt’éé’ bá‘ ádeil yaa kojí FDA Da’ íníísh dóó. Kót’áó baa hane’ígíí bee’ áta’ ná háne’ go bó hó née dzą́ą́ go hane’ chii díłįł nii dzin t’áá’ daats’í nił ákó t’é. Kódóó Da’íníshígíí t’áá’ áyisíí Bilagáanaa bizaad bee ha’oo dzíí’ gi nízhóní go, k’éz don go, bik’izh doo txįł ígi’ át’áó nát’ą́ą’ bee’ ata’ ná hóóne’ doo nii dzin Ałtah Diné’é’ bizaad łah góó shį́į́ t’áá’ áaní t’áá nani tł‘ah  ał tah Diné’é bizaad bee’ Bilagáanaa bizaad dę́ę́’ bee’ ata’ ná ho jil ne’ go ła’ saad bá’á daa din go da. Bilagáanaa bizaad jí’ áyisíí bó hól níh ílįį́ go bee ha’oo dzíí’jí  dooléł hane’ yíníł ta’ go hazhó’ó bik’i’ di díí txįł.

Tagalog
	Pilyego ng Katunayan: Pagkakaiba – iba ng Klinikal na Pagsubok (Fact Sheet: Clinical Trial Diversity)
	Polyeto: Kailangan Ka Ng Pananaliksik (Brochure: Research Needs You)
	Infographic: 4 Mga Paraan Para Maging #ClinicalTrialsChampion (Infographic: 4 Ways To Be A #ClinicalTrialsChampion)Ang mga dokumento sa ibaba ay maaring magagamit sa maraming (mga) banyagang wika. Inaalok ng FDA ang mga salin na ito bilang isang serbisyo para sa malawakang internasyonal na tagapanood. Inaasahan namin na ang pagsasalin na ito ay maging kapaki-pakinabang. Habang sinusubukan ng ahensya na makakuha ng mga salin na kasing tapat hangga't maaari sa bersyong Ingles, kinikilala namin na ang mga naisaling bersyon ay maaaring hindi kasing tumpak, kasing linaw, o kumpleto tulad ng Ingles na bersyon. Ang opisyal na bersyon ng mga dokumentong ito ay ang Ingles na bersyon.

Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
	Tờ thông tin: Sự Đa Dạng Trong Thử Nghiệm Lâm Sàng (Fact Sheet: Clinical Trial Diversity)
	Tờ gấp: Nghiên cứu cần bạn (Brochure: Research Needs You)
	Đồ hoạ thông tin (Infographic: 4 Ways To Be A #ClinicalTrialsChampion)Các tài liệu dưới đây có sẵn bằng một số ngôn ngữ nước ngoài. FDA cung cấp các bản dịch này như một dịch vụ cho nhiều đối tượng quốc tế. Chúng tôi hy vọng rằng bạn thấy những bản dịch này hữu ích. Mặc dù cơ quan đã cố gắng có được các bản dịch trung thực nhất có thể so với phiên bản tiếng Anh, chúng tôi nhận thấy rằng các phiên bản được dịch có thể không chính xác, rõ ràng hoặc hoàn chỉnh như phiên bản tiếng Anh. Phiên bản chính thức của các tài liệu này là phiên bản tiếng Anh.

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