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 | Vishal | Andrea
Hear from Doctors: Millie
Hear from Clinical Research Coordinators: Miriam
Hear Myths/Facts from a Clinical Research Coordinator and a Patient: Chad and Alyssa
Hear from a Pediatric Caregiver and Doctor: William and Paul
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."
Vishal: Ulcerative Colitis Patient
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGGObnc2JwA
"I was glad to have been part of it both because I fortunately had a benefit from the [medication] but also [...] that my experience, and as some say maybe courage of being enrolled in a clinical trial will help others down the road who are in a similar situations."
Andrea: Ulcerative Colitis Patient
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LukMM9ADyh8
"My doctor said I would be a really good contender for a clinical trial that they had coming up. No one to this point had even mentioned to me a clinical trial of any kind."
Hear from Doctors
Millie: Gastroenterologist
https://youtu.be/vyAi3lgw5T4
Dr. Millie D. Long, gastroenterologist at the UNC School of Medicine, explains how IBD clinical research has evolved.
Millie: Gastroenterologist
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.
Miriam: Research Coordinator
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.
Miriam: Research Coordinator
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.
Miriam: Research Coordinator
https://youtu.be/4Mmr5q-MES0
Miriam Perez, research coordinator at UNC School of Medicine, explains how success is measured in an IBD clinical trial.
Miriam: Research Coordinator
https://youtu.be/u6PjZfSrw-M
Miriam Perez, research coordinator at UNC School of Medicine, explains what a clinical trial visit is like.
Miriam: Research Coordinator
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.
Hear Myths/Facts from a Clinical Research Coordinator and Patient: Chad and Alyssa
A research coordinator and a clinical trial ambassador discuss myths and facts of clinical trials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzGFSdaTjsM
NEW! In this video, Chad Rypstra, a research coordinator and Alyssa Ames, a Clinical Trials Ambassador debunk myths of IBD clinical trials and explain what it’s like to participate in a clinical trial for IBD
A caregiver and physician conversation about pediatric clinical trials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwa9gvcwvjE&list=PL9VB_aQJyePWu2XFCnA_9cvo0YORd-D-X&index=2
In this video, IBD caregiver William Joachim and Dr. Paul Rufo discuss the importance of pediatric clinical trials in IBD treatment and care.