Research Participant Rights

Research Participant Rights

As a research participant at Celerion, you have the right:

  • To have enough time to decide whether or not to be in the research study, and to make that decision without any pressure.
  • To refuse to be in the study at all, or to stop participating at any time after you begin the study.
  • To be told what the study is trying to find out, what will happen to you, what drug/device will be used in the study, and what you will be asked to do if you are in the study.
  • To be told about the reasonably foreseeable risks of being in the study.
  • To be told about the possible benefits of being in the study.
  • To be told whether there are any costs associated with being in the study and whether you will be compensated for participating in the study.
  • To be told who will have access to information collected about you and how your confidentiality will be protected.
  • To be told whom to contact with questions about the research, about research-related injury, and about your rights as a research participant.
  • To receive a copy of the consent form that you will sign.
  • To ask any questions you may have.