🔹 For Patients

1. Access to New Treatments Early

   • Patients may gain access to investigational drugs, biologics, or devices before they’re widely available.

   • This can be especially important when current treatments are limited or ineffective.

2. Closer Medical Monitoring

   • Participants are monitored closely by a team of doctors, nurses, and specialists, often with more frequent check-ups and tests than routine care.

   • This can improve overall management of their condition.

3. Contributing to Medical Progress

   • By participating, patients help generate evidence that can improve treatments for others in the future.

4. Potential Personal Benefit

   • The treatment may improve their health condition, relieve symptoms, or slow disease progression.

   • However, benefits are not guaranteed.

🔹 For Healthy Volunteers

1. Advance Science & Public Health

   • Help researchers understand diseases, preventive strategies, and drug safety in healthy populations.

   • Examples include vaccine trials or pharmacokinetic studies.

2. Compensation

   • Many Phase I trials offer financial compensation for time and inconvenience.

3. Contributing to Future Treatments

   • Their participation helps bring safe and effective medicines/devices to patients who need them.

🔹 General Reasons Anyone Might Participate

• Altruism: Desire to help others and be part of medical breakthroughs.

• Education & Awareness: Learn more about personal health, conditions, or treatments.

• Access to Care: In some countries, clinical trials can provide healthcare at reduced or no cost.

⚖️ Important Consideration:
Participation is voluntary, and every clinical trial includes an informed consent process where risks, potential benefits, rights, and responsibilities are explained before enrolling.