Clinical trials – What’s important to know? (Part I) [MDS Patient & Family Report]

In this episode of the MDS-Foundation Podcast Projects – The Patient and Families<br />Program, Dr. Moshe Mittelman, Chief MDS Center of Excellence, Tel Aviv Sourasky<br />(Ichilov) Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, and Mrs. Noa Goldshmidt, Chief Study Coordinator<br />at TASMC, discussing various issues related to clinical trials. The episode is directed<br />to MDS patients, their families, and all interested parties, with a special focus on<br />clinical trials for MDS patients. Among other topics, they explain what clinical trials<br />are, why they are so important, they describe the stages and process of clinical<br />trials, and explain why patients can benefit from participation in trials. Finally, they<br />emphasize that patient safety is the prior interest and is highly maintained, and<br />provide some interesting real-world examples.