As the Midwest's first and Ohio's only fully dedicated cancer hospital and research center, the Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute is committed to treating cancer as well as preventing it. The James, a part of The Ohio State University, is one of just 34 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation. This recognition allows The James to offer the latest diagnostic programs and treatment options, clinical trials, and drug therapies to our patients.
Clinical trials are research studies.
They can be used to answer questions about new ways of treating diseases such as cancer or preventing diseases. These questions can often be answered only through clinical trials. Clinical trials are one of medicine's most important means for determining the effectiveness of new therapies for disease or ways to prevent disease. Without patients who are willing to participate in these trials, there would be longer delays in the discovery of more effective drugs and treatments, as well as prevention measurements. The Protocol Treatment or prevention clinical trials are run by doctors and other health workers who use a set of rules called a protocol.