Clinical trials are really ways of improving care going forward. So what we know are things that don't work as well and to find things that work better, the way to do it are clinical trials. So standard of care is what we usually do in a situation that the patient is in. But a clinical trial is something that we can look at if that standard of care is not as effective or if there's no good options going forward.
There's criteria to be met to be in a clinical trial. You have to have the right set of circumstances that allows you to be in that trial, and the patient has to be fairly fit. The patient's safety is the utmost thing we have to be cognizant of. When patients ask me why I should be in a trial, I always say, Well, this is probably a very good option for you, number one.
But cancer care doesn't move forward unless we have patients who volunteer for this care. The reason we have the drugs available today is because we've had so many participants in clinical trials over the years, and those things are coming to fruition now. And now we're seeing the benefits of all those bench research that have gone on for all those years back in the day.
In today's world, cancer care has come a long way and we are helping be part of that solution for patients.
