Clinical Trial Video Series
Explore our clinical trial video library to hear from patients, research coordinators, and clinical trial investigators who are involved in the clinical research space.
Hear from Patients: Brandon | Carly | Sara | Ken | Catherine
Hear from Doctors: Millie
Hear from Clinical Research Coordinators: Miriam
Hear from Patients
Brandon: Crohn's Patient
https://youtu.be/03WrPzujjdE
"My disease came abruptly. I never had any history of Crohn’s. My disease manifested from a perianal abscess that formed into a complex fistula. I was diverted with an ileostomy and I was told I that I would have 3 months or so before my ileostomy would be reversed. And the three months kept dragging on, so I started researching clinical trials."
Carly: Crohn's Patient
https://youtu.be/WNMWNFzcqqg
"The reason why there weren’t medications when I was younger is because developing medications take a long time. And you can’t develop a medication unless you go through a clinical trial process."
Sara: Crohn's Patient
https://youtu.be/BCJsfTwdI1I
"It was amazing to feel what I think is normal. When you are sick for that long, you forget what your normal is. The clinical trial got me to the point where I feel healthy enough to be able to carry a baby. It's such a blessing."
Ken: Crohn's Patient
https://youtu.be/vhclnv3gdIY
"If you are at a point in your disease where you've tried other options and [clinical trials] can bring you relief, don’t let the fear be something that drives you away from health and happiness."
Catherine: Crohn's Patient
https://youtu.be/JzZZbNJ6eIY
"I think the most satisfying thing is feeling like you're in some ways alive again."
Hear from Doctors
https://youtu.be/vyAi3lgw5T4
https://youtu.be/vyAi3lgw5T4
Dr. Millie D. Long, gastroenterologist at the UNC School of Medicine, explains how IBD clinical research has evolved.
Millie: MD, MPH
https://youtu.be/pvJtE5OIsMQ
Dr. Millie D. Long, gastroenterologist at the UNC School of Medicine, explains why participation in clinical trials is important for IBD patients.
Hear from Clinical Research Coordinators
Miriam: Research Coordinator
https://youtu.be/AXMfCLlLKgY
Miriam Perez, research coordinator at UNC School of Medicine, explains how she goes about recruiting patients to participate in clinical trials.
https://youtu.be/mQSrhPZfyHA
https://youtu.be/mQSrhPZfyHA
Miriam Perez, research coordinator at UNC School of Medicine, explains what happens if a clinical trial participant receives a placebo during the trial.
https://youtu.be/30lFp7IPpCA
https://youtu.be/30lFp7IPpCA
Miriam Perez, research coordinator at UNC School of Medicine, explains what happens if a patient's disease worsens while participating in an IBD clinical trial.
https://youtu.be/4Mmr5q-MES0
https://youtu.be/4Mmr5q-MES0
Miriam Perez, research coordinator at UNC School of Medicine, explains how success is measured in an IBD clinical trial.
https://youtu.be/u6PjZfSrw-M
https://youtu.be/u6PjZfSrw-M
Miriam Perez, research coordinator at UNC School of Medicine, explains what a clinical trial visit is like.
https://youtu.be/rneiBEz5MKw
https://youtu.be/rneiBEz5MKw
Miriam Perez, research coordinator at UNC School of Medicine, explains how communication occurs between the patient and research team during an IBD clinical trial.