Clinical Research
Clinical trials are research studies that explore whether a medical treatment is safe and effective.
The Stanford ILD Program has a longstanding history of participation in clinical trials related to interstitial lung disease, including clinical trials sponsored by the NIH, Stanford investigators, or industry. Our team of investigators and research coordinators would be happy to discuss clinical trial opportunities at Stanford. Please email Stanford’s ILD clinical research nurse manager for more information.
Stanford’s world class team of physicians, fellow and resident trainees, nurses, and research coordinators are actively involved in clinical research that helps improve the care of interstitial lung disease patients. Stanford’s ILD clinic has a robust clinical research program that offers a variety of types of protocols to patients with interstitial lung disease, including observational research, drug treatment clinical trials, and health sciences research that are described below.
The majority of our drug treatment trials are phase II and II and they are all outpatient studies of varying duration. Our clinical trials are both industry and NIH funded. When launching a new clinical trial, we typically review our own ILD database for qualified participants, but also recruit from the broader Bay Area and beyond. Participants do not need to be Stanford patients. Interested participants or their healthcare provider can email or call Susan Jacobs RN, MS, Research Nurse Manager 650 725 8083 to refer a patient for eligibility evaluation.
You can find out more about each trial or see if you might be a candidate by calling the Clinical Research Coordinator listed with each one. You can also review these trials by reading about them on Clinicaltrials.gov; each trial has a National Clinical Trial (NCT) identifier which is also listed below.
Clinical trials offer hope for patients, families and loved ones to experience improved results from a study treatment. Many participants feel a broader sense of gratitude for the opportunity to help others by contributing to ongoing research. At Stanford, our patients especially enjoy the continuing medical attention and support they receive from our excellent team of doctors, nurses and coordinators.
- Jeanette Smith, CRCA