At any given time, UI Health Care researchers are conducting hundreds of health-related research projects that require volunteers.
Members of the public who meet certain requirements for the study are eligible and encouraged to apply. Usually the criteria for participation include a certain age range and general health and lifestyle conditions.
For example, just this week a UI Health Care research group announced it is seeking adults 70 and older in good health to help study whether using aspirin provides overall benefits that outweigh the risks. See the full announcement below.
Clinical research involves human subjects who volunteer to take part in scientific studies. It takes research from the laboratory bench into hospitals, doctor’s offices and communities. Clinical research is used to validate new treatments or disprove old ones, to chart the course of diseases, to identify health risk factors, and to improve health care delivery.
People choose to participate in research studies for a variety of reasons. Frequent reasons cited include: helping further scientific understanding and benefitting the future care of others. Some studies offer participants monetary compensation and most provide tests and study medications and procedures at no charge.
Each UI Health Care research study has individual contact information. See the full list of projects currently seeking volunteers.
UI study on aspirin seeks adults age 70 and older
Adults age 70 and older in good health are invited to participate in a University of Iowa study on whether the benefits of using aspirin to prolong a life free of cognitive or physical decline outweigh the risks.
The study, called ASPREE, is funded by the National Institute on Aging. The study compares the use of low-dose aspirin to placebo (inactive substance).
Half of the participants will be randomly assigned to receive 100 milligrams of aspirin once a day, and the other half will receive placebo once a day. Participation involves up to six visits to the UI Clinical Research Center and about 18 telephone contacts over five to six years.
People with heart disease or past heart attacks, serious illnesses, allergy to aspirin or significant thinking or memory problems are not eligible to participate. In addition, people at risk of serious bleeding or on any blood-thinning drugs may not enroll.
For more information, contact Bill Barker at 319-384-5055 or william-barker@uiowa.edu. Additional information is online at http://www.ASPREE.org and http://www.PICstudies.org. |
