There are a few notable benefits for clinical research patients. First, you potentially have access to medications that work as well as, or perhaps better than, standard-of-care therapy. If no treatment currently exists for your condition, a clinical trial can be an option to get access to some kind of treatment in the hopes of improving your outcome. Second, given that our research patients are potentially being given experimental treatment, their health is followed extremely closely. Not only will we be thoroughly examining your eyes from visit to visit as we would in clinic, but we will also be checking bloodwork and other markers that can give you more information about your overall health.