Patients are free to accept or refuse to participate in the research which is offered. No matter what their decision is, it is respected and does not change their usual medical care.

Even if a patient chooses to participate, they have the right to pull out of the trial at any point without it affecting them or changing the medical care they receive.

Patient rights are there to:

Guarantee every participant’s integrity and dignity will be respected

Guarantee the subject’s well-being is put above that of the company and science

Guarantee that the results gathered will be authentic