Patient Stories About Participating in Clinical Research

Hear directly from patients who have participated in NIH clinical studies. View videos that were created as part of a series designed to help patients understand how research works, what questions they should consider asking, and things to think about when deciding whether to participate in a study. Learn more

Frank lives with rheumatoid arthritis. He shares his experience participating in a clinical study.
Delia lives with rheumatoid arthritis. Hear about her experience participating in a clinical study. English captions available.
NIH patient, Liliana Chavez, shares her experience living with lupus and how participating in NIH clinical research has helped her.
NIH patient, LaZann Allen, shares her experience with giant cell arteritis and treatment at NIH.
Shirley Aviles talks about her lupus diagnosis and treatment at NIH.

NIH patient, Kayla Martinez, shares her experience with neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID) and treatment at NIH.

NIH patient, Nicole Jackson-Taylor, talks about her diagnosis of lupus and subsequent treatment at NIH.
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