Eventually, more than 400 heart transplant recipients will take part. We enrolled our first patient in August 2000, and we anticipate closing the enrollment in May 2001. When I speak with patients about participating in a trial, I always tell them there's a certain degree of altruism in their decision. This is particularly true when you participate in a clinical trial you may not benefit directly but someone else may. In fact, we would not be doing transplants today if it were not for previous clinical trial participants.
Clinical trials are an important tool that help to prove one treatment is superior to another.
They answer important questions that greatly affect the future of medical treatment and provide information about the best possible care for our transplant recipients. London Health Sciences Centre .