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Success of Clinical Trial Participation Depends on Appropriate Funding

Financial burden is a significant barrier to cancer clinical trials, with both physicians and patients needing assurance that trial-associated costs will be covered. Community oncology practices can offer trials only if funding is sufficient to support them. Patients can agree to enroll only if third-party payers reimburse for the costs of care within the trial. Thus, alleviating the burden of costs is critical to enhancing overall participation in clinical trials in the community setting. The 12 practices that received a 2006 ASCO Clinical Trial Participation Award (CTPA) have gained success in clinical trials by devising ways to fund their research.

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