PARTICIPATING IN A LYMPHOMA CLINICAL TRIAL

Not all treatments work in all patients with mantle cell lymphoma, the search is always on for new, better treatments and for better ways of combining existing treatments.

A treatment may prove to be better because it has more effect against the mantle cell lymphoma or because it causes fewer or less dangerous side effects - or a combination of both.

Clinical trials offer many potential benefits and risks. People in clinical trials may be able to try new treatments that are not otherwise available to all patients and are monitored very closely.

However, being part of some trials might mean that you receive the standard therapy. If you receive the new treatment, it may or may not be more effective than the standard one and may or may not be more hazardous.

In general, a clinical trial is built on the base, or experience, of standard treatments.

If you have been diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma your doctor may suggest you join a clinical trial.

Your doctor or health care team will explain all of the possible risks and benefits of a specific clinical trial to you.

Health Professionals requiring information on trials and access to our professional section of the website can register here.