Biomedical Research

Everything you need to know about ethics and compliance at Boston University, including the laws and regulations that govern academic and medical research.

An online resource for clinical researchers provided by the Office of Clinical Research at the BU Medical Campus with Boston Medical Center.

"Around half of all the clinical trials ever conducted have never been reported. This is the story of the campaign to find them. AllTrials calls for all past and present clinical trials to be registered and their full methods and summary results reported."

"CISCRP is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to engaging the public and patients as partners in the clinical research process. CISCRP’s core mission is to provide accessible resources, programs, and services that increase awareness and understanding of clinical research."

"The Clinical Trials Search Portal provides access to a central database containing the trial registration data sets provided by" 20 registries around the world, as well as "links to the full original records."

"The first step to participating in a clinical trial is understanding what that is all about. These articles explain the basics of a cancer clinical trial, dispel common myths, and provide resources to learn more."

MedlinePlus is a trusted federal resource for consumer medical information, written in easy-to-understand language.

"FDA’s regulations and guidances for clinical trials help support efficient medical product development, while assuring trials generate the robust evidence needed to assess product safety and efficacy."

"TrialGPT is an end-to-end framework designed for patient-to-trial matching, leveraging large language models (LLMs). Given a patient summary, TrialGPT can return a list of clinical trial recommendations from a large collection of candidates, based on the patient’s eligibility."

The National Institute of Mental Health has a wealth of information for participants of clinical trials including short videos.