CLINICAL TRIALS
The Mid-Illinois Medical District is home to healthcare institutions that conduct clinic trials on a regular basis. The work done here provides opportunities for individuals to be involved in ground-breaking discoveries that can, and often do, result in improved quality of care and patient outcomes.
Memorial Medical Center
The Central Illinois Community Clinical Oncology Program (CICCOP) offers innovative treatments for cancer through a grant supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). For more about clinical trials offered by the community's oncologists in affiliation with Memorial Medical Center’s Regional Cancer Center, visit https://www.memorialmedical.com/Services/CancerCenter/ClinicalTrials.aspx.
Prairie Education and Research Cooperative (PERC)
www.thepercdifference.com
PERC is a dynamic, professional, experienced Research Organization that
was founded in 1983. PERC specializes in all aspects of Clinical Trial
Management both locally and nationally, including Research Site and
Data Management as well as Independent Auditing. Locally, PERC offers
research subjects the opportunity to participate in cutting edge research
trials, ranging from cardiac drug and device trials to carotid stent
trials. PERC’s staff of medical professionals believes every research
subject is a “medical hero,” treated with compassion and respect. To
learn more about PERC as well as current enrolling trials, visit our
website.
Southern Illinois School of Medicine
http://www.siumed.edu/cancer/researchpages/trials.html