Fox Trial Finder is an online clinical trial matching platform that was created
by The Michael J. Fox Foundation to help increase the flow of willing
participants — both people with Parkinson’s and control participants
who do not have Parkinson’s — into the clinical trials that need them,
accelerating the Parkinson’s drug development process.
Fox Trial Finder (foxtrialfinder.org) not only lists
ongoing PD and atypical parkinsonism clinical trials
and studies, but also matches registrants to the
recruiting trials that are best-suited to their specific
traits. Fox Trial Finder has a secure and anonymous
messaging system, making it easy to find and act on
opportunities to get involved.
Fox Trial Finder's algorithm identifies possible
volunteer matches for your trial based on several key
criteria. When volunteers create a profile on Fox Trial
Finder, they provide data points such as age, gender,
medication history, time since diagnosis, location
and willingness to travel. When trials are posted
to the site, the tool can quickly compare these data
points with a trial's participation criteria and identify
volunteers in the system who may qualify to enroll.
Overall trial coordinators for each trial (“trial
leads”) can register themselves to edit trial details
as well as assign ownership of specific sites to site
coordinators (“site owners”) on Fox Trial Finder.
This empowers trial leads to oversee recruitment
for the entire trial while empowering site owners
to manage and engage with matches in their area.
When a new volunteer is a match for a specific trial
and location, Fox Trial Finder automatically alerts
both the site owner and the volunteer about the
possible match. From here, site owners can further
explore the potential match by reviewing additional
basic information about the volunteer in the
volunteer's de-identified profile and, if appropriate,
follow up by sending the volunteer a message. To
register your trial and create a team profile on Fox
Trial Finder, visit foxtrialfinder.org. For guidance on
ways to maximize your Fox Trial Finder experience,
visit michaeljfox.org/ResourcePack where you can
find the following materials:
+ + Getting Started on Fox Trial Finder
+ + Fox Trial Finder for Trial Teams
+ + Fox Trial Finder Posting Template
+ + Fox Trial Finder Message Template
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