First time getting into clinical trials

[johnnytest]

Just another lab mouse tryna become a rat and I got a lot of student debt coming in the future and I have a lot of question.
What advice is still relevant and how should I prepare? Ive been signing up the trials like this.
Is there a way I can do a practice screening with my PCP before I waste money flying to Kansas or Texas?

Whats it like socially, are the people chill?
What trials (other than phase I or first human trials) do you avoid and why.
What advice on here is outdated?
Im a nursing student, age 20-25, and Generally healthy other than ADHD (managed) and maybe a kidney stone in there somewhere. Would this disqualify me?

[mtotheb]

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To respond to some questions with an updated perspective. I’m in New Jersey by the way and I’ve been dealing with clinics here. Started by first overnight in November last year, 21 days for $8,500. Great money, but the punch biopsies sucked, and we got eight of them. So a thousand dollars per shot really, with urine, blood draws, taking the study drug (I didn’t feel anything) as extra. That took the entire month of November and it draagged, I didn’t bring any entertainment and it was my first overnight. In January did a handwash study, 7 days for $2,700 basically wash hands for 3 minutes 15 times a day. Quite easy and I didn’t mind it. After that, a six day $3,700 , two overnights of 3, didn’t feel the pill, easy and I was the only one there. Right now I’m in a $7,750 for 25 days, taking three different drugs full stomach. This one isn’t bad. Again, don’t feel the drugs.

All those were at one company here in NJ. Just kept coming back. I’m starting to branch out into Ohio and Maryland, screened at Paraxel, they seem good. I ran down my history to let you know what’s out there from this year, this is a good website but seems outdated. I’ve spoken to a few people, who’ve been doing this longer than me. Yeah they said to avoid spinal taps, guy told me he saw someone do one and couldn’t walk right for weeks after. Cancer studies neither because they said cancer cells could activate. Had a guy call a place about a study with a spirometer, said it affected breathing and some guys didn’t breathe correctly for a bit after. Punch biopsies HURT, and when I did mine in November, the scars are STILL prominent in my lower back today. Talked to a girl who did the same study and she says she regrets doing it even though it paid that very handsome $8,500.

Pick and choose and don’t just pick anything. Don’t be afraid of needles or BDs. Maybe regularly donate plasma (I do that too sometimes) to get you used to it. During my stay in November, it was all guys and some of those guys were pretty cool. Decent people. And my stay in January too, every time we went to wash hands, we were almost always laughing at whatever jokes. Sometimes you get the weird socially off ones, the loud ones with no inside voice who live on the phone, or the really cool people who you can get along with outside the place. There’s no background checks and one of the cool people I met was telling me how he had a murder charge , and distribution charges, crazy stuff. Super cool guy though. You never know what you’ll get, but if you’re around miserable terrible people just ask to be moved. I’ve also heard stories of people getting into it; one staff member was saying how someone had someone up against the wall by the throat…I mean, you’re there to do the thing, make the money and leave, I don’t care about the other people. I’m polite of course.

Well this is long enough. Just get back to me with questions..

Also you should be okay, lower BMI is better, as long as you don’t have anything major. ADD should or shouldn’t matter depending. Maybe there’s studies out there who want people with it. It all depends.

[johnnytest]

Thanks for the response! Ive been denied by a few places because of my ADHD diagnosis. I got diagnosed a few months ago and I dont really take meds for it. I got the diagnosis mostly for my school DSPS services, I do have it but it's nothing crazy just poor time management, etc. Would it be bad to just omit my diagnosis? I take my as needed and usually in the fall or spring and avoid summers.

[mtotheb]

They only know what you tell them and what the blood work shows. So omit what you want if you want to be able to be qualified. Of course it comes with risk. This studies I listed that I did, handwashing with soap, infusion, dosing a pill, dosing mixed drugs, have nothing to do with ADD and I don’t remember if they even asked about any mental health diagnosis. They probably did I just don’t remember. If you want to be as eligible for studies as you can be, maintain a healthy BMI, normal blood pressure, good heart health, don’t be taking any medications, obviously no illicit drugs. Be agreeable and able to get along with staff. I remember, my bed was next to someone, and on the first day, he was giving the phleb a hard time about the FIRST stick. Well the first day is usually the weeding out day and if you’re going to be dismissed at all it’s probably that day. Guy was let go. I don’t mind because lived on his phone and I knew his whole life story by the end of the night before.

To keep it short you’re getting yourself denied by disclosing especially if you don’t take anything for it. It’s up to you to disclose soing like that. Not telling you what to do but in say, the 7 day handwashing study I did, I’m 100% not telling them I was diagnosed with ADD. Or any of the other studies I did. That’s just me though.